title: Specificity of substrate recognition by Pseudomonas fluorescens N3 dioxygenase. The role of the oxidation potential and molecular geometry.
abstract: Pseudomonas fluorescens N3 is able to grow on naphthalene as the sole carbon and energy source. The mutant TTC1, blocked at the dihydrodiol dehydrogenase level, which can transform the hydrocarbon into the corresponding dihydrodiol, has been used to produce bioconversion products. To rationalize the different grades of conversion obtained with different substrates, a study was performed using non-naphthalene derivatives, including benzenes, conjugated benzenes, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The corresponding diols obtained by bioconversion have been isolated and characterized. A theoretical model that considers both energy and geometry factors has been proposed to rationalize the experimental data. Good agreement has been found between the calculated values and the experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia dei Microrganismi, Universitá degli Studi, via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy. sellogui@icil64.cilea.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Gennaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sello
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'Amico
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D049308:Dioxygenases; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000201:enzymology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D009281:Naphthalenes; D010105:Oxygenases; D049308:Dioxygenases; C038703:naphthalene dioxygenase