title: Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequencing and expression of genes encoding a cytochrome P450 system involved in secondary amine utilization in Mycobacterium sp. strain RP1.
abstract: Mycobacterium sp. strain RP1 degrades morpholine, piperidine, and pyrrolidine and is able to use these compounds as the sole source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. Cytochrome P450 (MorA) is involved in the biodegradation of these secondary amines. A 3.9-PstI genomic DNA fragment, containing the gene encoding MorA, was cloned and sequenced. Four open reading frames were detected on this DNA fragment. The first encoded a cytochrome P450 designated as MorA which was the second member of the CYP151 family and was named CYP151A2. The second open reading frame (morB) featured a [3Fe-4S] type of ferredoxin. A third gene (morC), exhibiting sequence identity to known reductases, and a fourth truncated gene encoding a putative glutamine reductase (orf1' ), were found downstream of morB. Recombinant MorA cytochrome P450 was purified to homogeneity from Escherichia coli. The purified enzyme was a monomeric soluble protein with an apparent Mr of about 45,000. CYP151A2 catalyzed the ring cleavage of the secondary amines and the Vmax/KMapp values indicated that pyrrolidine is the preferred substrate for this monooxygenase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Technologie Enzymatique, MR 6022 CNRS, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne, France.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trigui
authors.forename: Sylviane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pulvin
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Truffaut
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poupin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005288:Ferredoxins / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009025:Morpholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics; D010880:Piperidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005288:Ferredoxins; D009025:Morpholines; D010880:Piperidines; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C032727:piperidine; C037574:morpholine; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C032519:pyrrolidine