Purification and characterization of a 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene dioxygenase from a bacterium that degrades naphthalenesulfonic acids.

AUTOR(ES)

Kuhm, A E

RESUMO

1,2-Dihydroxynaphthalene dioxygenase was purified to homogeneity from a bacterium that degrades naphthalenesulfonic acids (strain BN6). The enzyme requires Fe2+ for maximal activity and consists of eight identical subunits with a molecular weight of about 33,000. Analysis of the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence revealed a high degree of homology (22 of 29 amino acids) with the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase from strain Pseudomonas paucimobilis Q1. 1,2-Dihydroxynaphthalene dioxygenase from strain BN6 shows a wide substrate specificity and also cleaves 5-, 6-, and 7-hydroxy-1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene, 2,3- and 3,4-dihydroxybiphenyl, catechol, and 3-methyl- and 4-methylcatechol. Similar activities against the hydroxy-1,2-dihydroxynaphthalenes were also found in cell extracts from naphthalene-degrading bacteria.

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