title: Purification and characterization of an arene cis-dihydrodiol dehydrogenase endowed with broad substrate specificity toward polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dihydrodiols.
abstract: Initial reactions involved in the bacterial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) include a ring-dihydroxylation catalyzed by a dioxygenase and a subsequent oxidation of the dihydrodiol products by a dehydrogenase. In this study, the dihydrodiol dehydrogenase from the PAH-degrading Sphingomonas strain CHY-1 has been characterized. The bphB gene encoding PAH dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (PDDH) was cloned and overexpressed as a His-tagged protein. The recombinant protein was purified as a homotetramer with an apparent Mr of 110,000. PDDH oxidized the cis-dihydrodiols derived from biphenyl and eight polycyclic hydrocarbons, including chrysene, benz[a]anthracene, and benzo[a]pyrene, to corresponding catechols. Remarkably, the enzyme oxidized pyrene 4,5-dihydrodiol, whereas pyrene is not metabolized by strain CHY-1. The PAH catechols produced by PDDH rapidly auto-oxidized in air but were regenerated upon reaction of the o-quinones formed with NADH. Kinetic analyses performed under anoxic conditions revealed that the enzyme efficiently utilized two- to four-ring dihydrodiols, with Km values in the range of 1.4 to 7.1 microM, and exhibited a much higher Michaelis constant for NAD+ (Km of 160 microM). At pH 7.0, the specificity constant ranged from (1.3 +/- 0.1) x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1) with benz[a]anthracene 1,2-dihydrodiol to (20.0 +/- 0.8) x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1) with naphthalene 1,2-dihydrodiol. The catalytic activity of the enzyme was 13-fold higher at pH 9.5. PDDH was subjected to inhibition by NADH and by 3,4-dihydroxyphenanthrene, and the inhibition patterns suggested that the mechanism of the reaction was ordered Bi Bi. The regulation of PDDH activity appears as a means to prevent the accumulation of PAH catechols in bacterial cells.
authors.affiliation: CEA, DSV, Département de Réponse et Dynamique Cellulaires/BBSI, CEA-Grenoble, 17 avenue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. yves.jouanneau@cea.fr
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jouanneau
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020578:Sphingomonas / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D009281:Naphthalenes; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; C507866:trans-1,2-dihydro-1,2-naphthalenediol; C031721:naphthalene; D010088:Oxidoreductases