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ArticleFEBS open bio2014

Functional characterization of diverse ring-hydroxylating oxygenases and induction of complex aromatic catabolic gene clusters in Sphingobium sp. PNB.

Pratick Khara, Madhumita Roy, Joydeep Chakraborty, Debajyoti Ghosal, Tapan K Dutta

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pratick KharaDepartment of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P-1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India.
Madhumita RoyDepartment of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P-1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India.
Joydeep ChakrabortyDepartment of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P-1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India.
Debajyoti GhosalDepartment of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P-1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India.
Tapan K DuttaDepartment of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P-1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sphingobium sp. PNB, like other sphingomonads, has multiple ring-hydroxylating oxygenase (RHO) genes. Three different fosmid clones have been sequenced to identify the putative genes responsible for the degradation of various aromatics in this bacterial strain. Comparison of the map of the catabolic genes with that of different sphingomonads revealed a similar arrangement of gene clusters that harbors seven sets of RHO terminal components and a sole set of electron transport (ET) proteins. The presence of distinctly conserved amino acid residues in ferredoxin and in silico molecular docking analyses of ferredoxin with the well characterized terminal oxygenase components indicated the structural uniqueness of the ET component in sphingomonads. The predicted substrate specificities, derived from the phylogenetic relationship of each of the RHOs, were examined based on transformation of putative substrates and their structural homologs by the recombinant strains expressing each of the oxygenases and the sole set of available ET proteins. The RHO AhdA1bA2b was functionally characterized for the first time and was found to be capable of transforming ethylbenzene, propylbenzene, cumene, p-cymene and biphenyl, in addition to a number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Overexpression of aromatic catabolic genes in strain PNB, revealed by real-time PCR analyses, is a way forward to understand the complex regulation of degradative genes in sphingomonads.

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Catabolic genesET, electron transportGR, glutathione reductaseIPTG, isopropyl-β-thiogalactopyranosideISP, iron-sulfur proteinNBB, n-butylboronateNR, non-redundantPAHs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsPDB, Protein Data BankPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsRHO, ring-hydroxylating oxygenaseSphingobium sp.SphingomonadsSubstrate specificities

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PMID24918041
PMCPMC4048848
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