Application of nitroarene dioxygenases in the design of novel strains that degrade chloronitrobenzenes.
Widespread application of chloronitrobenzenes as feedstocks for the production of industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals has resulted in extensive environmental contamination with these toxic compounds, where they pose significant risks to the health of humans and wildlife. While biotreatment in general is an attractive solution for remediation, its effectiveness is limited with chloronitrobenzenes due to the small number of strains that can effectively mineralize these compounds and their ability to degrade only select isomers. To address this need, we created engineered strains with a novel degradation pathway that reduces the total number of steps required to convert chloronitrobenzenes into compounds of central metabolism. We examined the ability of 2-nitrotoluene 2,3-dioxygenase from Acidovorax sp. strain JS42, nitrobenzene 1,2-dioxygenase (NBDO) from Comamonas sp. strain JS765, as well as active-site mutants of NBDO to generate chlorocatechols from chloronitrobenzenes, and identified the most efficient enzymes. Introduction of the wild-type NBDO and the F293Q variant into Ralstonia sp. strain JS705, a strain carrying the modified ortho pathway for chlorocatechol metabolism, resulted in bacterial strains that were able to sustainably grow on all three chloronitrobenzene isomers without addition of co-substrates or co-inducers. These first-generation engineered strains demonstrate the utility of nitroarene dioxygenases in expanding the metabolic capabilities of bacteria and provide new options for improved biotreatment of chloronitrobenzene-contaminated sites.
Department of Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Kou-San
KS
Ju
Rebecca E
RE
Parales
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D042621:Comamonadaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D020585:Comamonas / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D049308:Dioxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D043367:Ralstonia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; C036077:nitrobenzene; D049308:Dioxygenases
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