Identification of Chlorobenzene Dioxygenase Sequence Elements Involved in Dechlorination of 1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene
AUTOR(ES)
Beil, Stefan
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The TecA chlorobenzene dioxygenase and the TodCBA toluene dioxygenase exhibit substantial sequence similarity yet have different substrate specificities. Escherichia coli cells producing recombinant TecA enzyme dioxygenate and simultaneously eliminate a halogen substituent from 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene but show no activity toward benzene, whereas those producing TodCBA dioxygenate benzene but not tetrachlorobenzene. A hybrid TecA dioxygenase variant containing the large α-subunit of the TodCBA dioxygenase exhibited a TodCBA dioxygenase specificity. Acquisition of dehalogenase activity was achieved by replacement of specific todC1 α-subunit subsequences by equivalent sequences of the tecA1 α-subunit. Substrate transformation specificities and rates by E. coli resting cells expressing hybrid systems were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. This allowed the identification of both a single amino acid and potentially interacting regions required for dechlorination of tetrachlorobenzene. Hybrids with extended substrate ranges were generated that exhibited activity toward both benzene and tetrachlorobenzene. The regions determining substrate specificity in (chloro)benzene dioxygenases appear to be different from those previously identified in biphenyl dioxygenases.
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