ABSTRACT
Sphingomonas paucimobilis
SYK-6 is able to grow on various dimeric lignin compounds, which are converted to vanillate and syringate by the actions of unique lignin degradation enzymes in this strain. Vanillate and syringate are degraded by the
O
-demethylase and converted into protocatechuate (PCA) and 3-
O
-methylgallate (3MGA), respectively. PCA is further degraded via the PCA 4,5-cleavage pathway, while the results suggested that 3MGA is degraded through another pathway in which PCA 4,5-dioxygenase is not involved. In a 10.5-kb
Eco
RI fragment carrying the genes for PCA 4,5-dioxygenase (
ligAB
), 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylate hydrolase (
ligI
), and a portion of 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (
ligC
), we found the
ligJ
gene encoding 4-oxalomesaconate (OMA) hydratase, which catalyzes the conversion of OMA into 4-carboxy-4-hydroxy-2-oxoadipate. The
ligJ
gene is transcribed in the same direction as
ligABC
genes and consists of an 1,023-bp open reading frame encoding a polypeptide with a molecular mass of 38,008 Da, which is located 73-bp upstream from
ligA
. The
ligJ
gene product (LigJ), expressed in
Escherichia coli
, was purified to near homogeneity and was estimated to be a homodimer (69.5 kDa) by gel filtration chromatography. The isoelectric point was determined to be 4.9, and the optimal temperature is 30°C. The
K
m
for OMA and the
V
max
were determined to be 138 μM and 440 U/mg, respectively. LigJ activity was inhibited by the addition of thiol reagents, suggesting that some cysteine residue is part of the catalytic site. The
ligJ
gene disruption in SYK-6 caused the growth defect on and the accumulation of common metabolites from both vanillate and syringate, indicating that the
ligJ
gene is essential to the degradation of these two compounds. These results indicated that syringate is converted into OMA via 3MGA, and it enters the PCA 4,5-cleavage pathway.
摘要
Sphingomonas paucimobilis
SYK-6 能够在各种二聚木质素化合物上生长,并在该菌株独特的木质素降解酶的作用下转化为香草酸和丁香酸。香草酸酯和丁香酸酯通过
O
-脱甲基酶降解,转化成原儿茶酸盐(PCA)和 3-
O
-甲基棓酸盐(3MGA)。PCA 通过 PCA 4,5-裂解途径进一步降解,而结果表明 3MGA 是通过另一种途径降解的,PCA 4,5-二氧酶并不参与其中。在一个 10.5-kb
Eco
RI 片段中,携带有 PCA 4,5-二氧合酶基因(ligAB
ligAB
)、2-吡喃酮-4,6-二羧酸水解酶(
ligI
)、2-吡喃酮-4,6-二羧酸水解酶(ligI)、4-羧基-2-羟基琥珀酸-6-半醛脱氢酶(ligC)的部分基因。
ligC
),我们发现
基因
基因,该基因可催化 OMA 转化为 4-羧基-4-羟基-2-氧代己二酸。该基因
ligJ
基因的转录方向与
基因的转录方向相同。
基因的转录方向相同,由一个 1,023 bp 的开放阅读框组成,编码一个分子质量为 38,008 Da 的多肽。
ligA
.其
基因产物
基因产物(LigJ)在
大肠杆菌中表达
经凝胶过滤色谱法纯化后接近均一,估计为同源二聚体(69.5 kDa)。等电点为 4.9,最佳温度为 30°C。其
K
m
和
V
最大值
分别为 138 μM 和 440 U/mg 。加入硫醇试剂后,LigJ 的活性受到抑制,这表明某些半胱氨酸残基是催化位点的一部分。在
ligJ
基因干扰导致了 SYK-6 在香草酸和丁香酸盐上的生长缺陷和常见代谢产物的积累,表明
ligJ
基因对这两种化合物的降解至关重要。这些结果表明,丁香酸盐通过 3MGA 转化为 OMA,并进入 PCA 4,5 裂解途径。