title: Identification and characterization of a novel CprA reductive dehalogenase specific to highly chlorinated phenols from Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain PCP-1.
abstract: Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain PCP-1 reductively dechlorinates pentachlorophenol (PCP) to 3-chlorophenol and a variety of halogenated aromatic compounds at the ortho, meta, and para positions. Several reductive dehalogenases (RDases) are thought to be involved in this cascade of dehalogenation. We partially purified a novel RDase involved in the dechlorination of highly chlorinated phenols from strain PCP-1 cultivated in the presence of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol. The RDase was membrane associated, and the activity was sensitive to oxygen, with a half-life of 128 min upon exposure to air. The pH and temperature optima were 7.0 and 55°C, respectively. Several highly chlorinated phenols were dechlorinated at the ortho positions. The highest dechlorinating activity levels were observed with PCP, 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorophenol, and 2,3,4-trichlorophenol. 3-Chloro-4-hydroxyphenylacetate, 3-chloro-4-hydroxybenzoate, dichlorophenols, and monochlorophenols were not dechlorinated. The apparent K(m) value for PCP was 46.7 μM at a methyl viologen concentration of 2 mM. A mixture of iodopropane and titanium citrate caused a light-reversible inhibition of the dechlorinating activity, suggesting the involvement of a corrinoid cofactor. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the partially purified preparation revealed 2 bands with apparent molecular masses of 42 and 47 kDa. Mass spectrometry analysis using Mascot to search the genome sequence of D. hafniense strain DCB-2 identified the 42-kDa band as NADH-quinone oxidoreductase, subunit D, and the 47-kDa band as the putative chlorophenol RDase CprA3. This is the first report of an RDase with high affinity and high dechlorinating activity toward PCP.
authors.affiliation: INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531 Boulevard des Prairies, Laval, Québec H7V 1B7, Canada.
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bisaillon
authors.forename: Réjean
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beaudet
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lépine
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Déziel
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villemur
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D045858:Desulfitobacterium / Q000201:enzymology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D006867:Hydrolases