ABSTRACT
We isolated
Comamonas
sp. strain E6, which utilizes terephthalate (TPA) as the sole carbon and energy source via the protocatechuate (PCA) 4,5-cleavage pathway. Two almost identical TPA degradation gene clusters,
tphR
I
C
I
A2
I
A3
I
B
I
A1
I
and
tphR
II
C
II
A2
II
A3
II
B
II
A1
II
, were isolated from this strain. Based on amino acid sequence similarity, the genes
tphR
,
tphC
,
tphA2
,
tphA3
,
tphB
, and
tphA1
were predicted to code, respectively, for an IclR-type transcriptional regulator, a periplasmic TPA binding receptor, the large subunit of the oxygenase component of TPA 1,2-dioxygenase (TPADO), the small subunit of the oxygenase component of TPADO, a 1,2-dihydroxy-3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dicarboxylate (DCD) dehydrogenase, and a reductase component of TPADO. The growth of E6 on TPA was not affected by disruption of either
tphA2
I
or
tphA2
II
singly; however, the
tphA2
I
tphA2
II
double mutant no longer grew on TPA, suggesting that both TPADO genes are involved in TPA degradation. Introduction of a plasmid carrying
tphR
II
C
II
A2
II
A3
II
B
II
A1
II
conferred the TPA utilization phenotype on
Comamonas testosteroni
IAM 1152, which is able to grow on PCA but not on TPA. Disruption of either
tphR
II
or
tphC
II
on this plasmid resulted in the loss of the growth of IAM 1152 on TPA, suggesting that these genes are essential to convert TPA to PCA in E6. The genes
tphA1
II
,
tphA2
II
,
tphA3
II
, and
tphB
II
were expressed in
Escherichia coli
, and the resultant cell extracts containing TphA1
II
, TphA2
II
, and TphA3
II
converted TPA in the presence of NADPH into a product which was transformed to PCA by TphB
II
. On the basis of these results, TPADO was strongly suggested to be a two-component dioxygenase which consists of the terminal oxygenase component (TphA2 and TphA3) and the reductase (TphA1), and
tphB
codes for the DCD dehydrogenase.
摘要
我们分离了
Comamonas
菌株 E6,该菌株通过原儿茶酸盐(PCA)4,5-裂解途径利用对苯二甲酸盐(TPA)作为唯一的碳和能量来源。两个几乎相同的 TPA 降解基因簇、
tphR
I
C
I
A2
I
A3
I
B
I
A1
I
和
tphR
II
C
II
A2
II
A3
II
B
II
A1
II
从该菌株中分离出了根据氨基酸序列相似性,基因
tphR
,
tphC
,
tphA2
,
tphA3
,
tphB
和
tphA1
分别编码 IclR 型转录调节因子、质外 TPA 结合受体、TPA 1,2-二氧合酶(TPADO)加氧酶组分的大亚基、TPADO 加氧酶组分的小亚基、1,2-二羟基-3,5-环己二烯-1,4-二羧酸盐(DCD)脱氢酶和 TPADO 还原酶组分。E6 在 TPA 上的生长不受破坏
tphA2
I
或
tphA2
II
单个使用;但
tphA2
I
tphA2
II
双突变体不再在 TPA 上生长,这表明两个 TPADO 基因都参与了 TPA 的降解。将携带
tphR
II
C
II
A2
II
A3
II
B
II
A1
II
赋予
Comamonas testosteroni
IAM 1152 可在 PCA 上生长,但不能在 TPA 上生长。中断
tphR
II
或
tphC
II
这表明,这些基因是 E6 中将 TPA 转化为 PCA 的必要基因。基因
tphA1
II
,
tphA2
II
,
tphA3
和
和
tphB
II
在
大肠杆菌中表达
和TphB II的细胞提取物。
II
, TphA2
II
和 TphA3
II
在 NADPH 存在下将 TPA 转化为一种产物,该产物通过 TphB
II
.在这些结果的基础上,人们强烈认为 TPADO 是一种由末端加氧酶成分(TphA2 和 TphA3)和还原酶成分(TphA1)组成的双组分二加氧酶,而
tphB
编码为 DCD 脱氢酶。