title: Preliminary crystallographic analysis of salicylate 1,2-dioxygenase from Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans.
abstract: Salicylate 1,2-dioxygenase, a new ring-fission dioxygenase from the naphthalenesulfonate-degrading strain Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans which oxidizes salicylate to 2-oxohepta-3,5-dienedioic acid by a novel ring-fission mechanism, has been crystallized. Diffraction-quality crystals of salicylate 1,2-dioxygenase were obtained using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method at 277 K from a solution containing 10%(w/v) ethanol, 6%(w/v) PEG 400, 0.1 M sodium acetate pH 4.6. Crystals belong to the primitive tetragonal space group P4(3)2(1)2 or P4(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 133.3, c = 191.51 A. A complete data set at 100 K extending to a maximum resolution of 2.9 A was collected at a wavelength of 0.8423 A. Molecular replacement using the coordinates of known extradiol dioxygenases structures as a model has so far failed to provide a solution for salicylate 1,2-dioxygenase. Attempts are currently being made to solve the structure of the enzyme by MAD experiments using the anomalous signal of the catalytic Fe(II) ions. The salicylate 1,2-dioxygenase structural model will assist in the elucidation of the catalytic mechanism of this ring-fission dioxygenase from P. salicylatoxidans, which differs markedly from the known gentisate 1,2-dioxygenases or 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate dioxygenases because of its unique ability to oxidatively cleave salicylate, gentisate and 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate with high catalytic efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferraroni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bürger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stolz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Briganti
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000201:enzymology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D049308:Dioxygenases / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D007501:Iron; D049308:Dioxygenases; C511947:salicylate 1,2-dioxygenase, Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans