title: Purification and characterization of gallic acid decarboxylase from pantoea agglomerans T71
abstract: Oxygen-sensitive gallic acid decarboxylase from Pantoea (formerly Enterobacter) agglomerans T71 was purified from a cell extract after stabilization by reducing agents. This enzyme has a molecular mass of approximately 320 kDa and consists of six identical subunits. It is highly specific for gallic acid. Gallic acid decarboxylase is unique among similar decarboxylases in that it requires iron as a cofactor, as shown by plasma emission spectroscopy (which revealed an iron content of 0.8 mol per mol of enzyme subunit), spectrophotometric analysis (absorption shoulders at 398 and 472 nm), and inhibition of the enzyme activity by 2,2'-bipyridyl, o-phenanthroline, and EDTA. Another interesting feature of this strain is the fact that it contains a tannase, which is used together with the gallic acid decarboxylase in a two-enzyme resting cell bioconversion to synthesize valuable pyrogallol from readily available tannic acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Function & Genetic Resources Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University, Tsushima Naka, Okayama 700-11, Japan.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wieser
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagasawa