title: Purification and gene cloning of the oxygenase component of the terephthalate 1,2-dioxygenase system from Delftia tsuruhatensis strain T7.
abstract: The terephthalate 1,2-dioxygenase system (TERDOS) was found in cell extracts of Delftia tsuruhatensis strain T7 (=IFO16741) grown in terephthalate-salt medium. The cell extract was separated by anion exchange chromatography to yield two fractions (R and Z) that were necessary for oxygenation of terephthalate with NADH and Fe(2+). The oxygenase component of TERDOS (TerZ) was purified from fraction Z by gel filtration chromatography to near homogeneity. An alpha(3)beta(3) subunit structure was deduced from the molecular masses of 235, 46 and 17 kDa of the native complex and the alpha- and beta-subunits, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of the two subunits of TerZ allowed polymerase chain reaction primers to be deduced and the DNA sequence of the alpha-subunit was determined. The amino acid sequence of the alpha-subunit (TerZalpha) showed significant similarities to the large subunits of multicomponent ring-hydroxylating oxygenases. Two motifs in the deduced amino acid sequence, a Rieske [2Fe-2S] center and a mononuclear Fe(II) binding site, were observed. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that TerZalpha and the large oxygenase component subunits ortho-halobenzoate 1,2-dioxygenase and salicylate-5-hydroxylase form a cluster that is distant from the rest of the large oxygenase subunits of multicomponent ring-hydroxylating oxygenases.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto-City, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan. shige@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: Kazuyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yumihara
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morimura
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kida
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D021122:Protein Subunits; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D021122:Protein Subunits; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C090097:terephthalate 1,2-dioxygenase; D010105:Oxygenases