title: Phenanthrene degradation in Arthrobacter sp. P1-1: initial 1,2-, 3,4- and 9,10-dioxygenation, and meta- and ortho-cleavages of naphthalene-1,2-diol after its formation from naphthalene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid and hydroxyl naphthoic acids.
abstract: Arthrobacter sp. P1-1, isolated from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated site in Hilo, HI, USA, can decompose phenanthrene (40 mg l(-1)) completely within 7 days. A detailed phenanthrene metabolism map was constructed based on metabolite analysis and replacement cultures. Initial dioxygenation occurs on 1,2-, 3,4-, and 9,10-C of phenanthrene, dominantly on 3,4-C positions. Rapid accumulation of 5,6- and 7,8-benzocoumarin suggests that phenanthrene-1,2- and -3,4-diols mainly undergo meta-cleavage. However, a trace amount of o-carboxyvinylnaphthoates and diphenic acid indicates a limited extent of ortho-cleavage of the diols. Naphthalene-1,2-diol, as a common and converged metabolite, was formed from 1-[(E)-2-carboxyvinyl]-2-naphthoic acid, naphthalene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, and 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid in separate culture tests. Naphthalene-1,2-diol is then degraded in a dominant phthalic acid pathway and a minor salicylic acid pathway. Several metabolites of phthalic acid were found, while no salicylic acid metabolites were detected. The strain P1-1 likely has a very diverse set of PAH-degrading enzymes or the enzymes having relaxed substrate-specificity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, 1955 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
authors.forename: Jong-Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Young-Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Keum
authors.forename: Yuting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Sung-Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Qing X
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007700:Kinetics; D009284:Naphthols / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D009284:Naphthols; D010616:Phenanthrenes; C031181:phenanthrene; D010100:Oxygen