title: Purification, cloning and sequencing of an enzyme mediating the reductive dechlorination of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol from Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1.
abstract: A new membrane-associated 2,4,6-trichlorophenol reductive dehalogenase from Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1 was isolated. Initial characterization of the crude preparation showed that the dechlorinating activity was sensitive to oxygen, and its optimum pH was 7.0. Its dechlorinating activity was not inhibited by sulphate, was completely inhibited by 1 mM sulphite, and partially inhibited by 5 mM sodium azide and by more than 5 mM nitrate. Several polychlorophenols were dechlorinated in the ortho position with respect to the hydroxy group. A dehalogenase was purified to apparent homogeneity. SDS gel electrophoresis revealed a single protein band with a molecular mass of 37 kDa. However, after two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, this band was composed of three isoforms. MS analyses showed that the three isoforms were from the same protein and the molecular mass of the most abundant isoform is 33800 Da. A mixture of iodopropane and titanium citrate caused a light-reversible inhibition of the dechlorinating activity, suggesting the involvement of a corrinoid cofactor. The apparent K(m) value for 2,4,6-trichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol were 18.3+/-2.8 microM and 26.8+/-2.9 microM respectively, at a methyl viologen concentration of 2 mM. The N-terminal amino acid sequence and an internal tryptic peptide sequence were determined. One open reading frame (ORF) was found in the Desulfitobacterium hafniense genome containing these peptides sequences. The corresponding ORF in D. frappieri PCP-1 was cloned and sequenced. This ORF, that we designated crdA, showed no homology with any known dehalogenase, suggesting a distinct reductive dehalogenase.
authors.affiliation: INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval, Québec, Canada, H7V 1B7.
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pagé-BéLanger
authors.forename: Maude
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saucier
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villemur
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lépine
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Juteau
authors.forename: Réjean
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beaudet
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010459:Peptococcaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols; D007527:Isoenzymes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006867:Hydrolases; C476881:2,4,6-trichlorophenol reductive dehalogenase; C024564:2,4,6-trichlorophenol