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ArticleFEMS microbiology ecology2026

The PceA-orthologous reductive dehalogenase of Dehalococcoides mccartyi CBDB1 is involved in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene respiration.

Franziska Greiner-Haas, Dominique Türkowsky, Stefan Schwoch, Thorsten Bischler, Nico Jehmlich, Martin von Bergen, Konrad Förstner, Cynthia M Sharma, Gary Sawers, Tobias Goris and 1 more

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Franziska Greiner-HaasInstitute of Biology/Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences I, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany.
Dominique TürkowskyDepartment of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
Stefan SchwochInstitute of Biology/Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences I, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany.
Thorsten BischlerCore Unit Systems Medicine, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Nico JehmlichDepartment of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5638-6868
Martin von BergenDepartment of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2732-2977
Konrad FörstnerCore Unit Systems Medicine, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Cynthia M SharmaInstitute of Molecular Infection Biology, Department of Molecular Infection Biology II, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2321-9705
Gary SawersInstitute of Biology/Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences I, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0862-2683
Tobias GorisDepartment of Applied and Ecological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, 07737 Jena, Germany.
Ute LechnerInstitute of Biology/Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences I, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7857-837X

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Abstract

The reductive dehalogenation of halogenated benzenes by anaerobic bacteria is of great environmental and biotechnological importance; however, the role of specific reductive dehalogenases in the dehalogenation of different isomers has not been studied in detail. Here, we cultivated the obligate organohalide-respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain CBDB1 with either 1,2,3- or 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB) as electron acceptor and investigated the transcription of its 32 reductive dehalogenase (rdhA) genes using RNA-sequencing. The chlorobenzene reductive dehalogenase gene cbrA, and rdhA cbdbA80 were the two most highly expressed rdhA genes with 1,2,3-TCB. In the presence of 1,2,4-TCB, cbrA was the most highly expressed rdhA followed by rdhA cbdbA1588, encoding an orthologue of the tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase PceA of D. mccartyi strain 195. RNA-sequencing also allowed for the detection of small RNAs and an unannotated protein. Proteomics confirmed the synthesis of RdhA CbdbA1588 during respiration with 1,2,4-TCB and also with hexachlorobenzene, which is dehalogenated via 1,2,4-TCB. Dehalogenase activity assays with cell extracts from 1,2,4-TCB-grown cultures indicated a higher activity towards 1,2,4-TCB and a ten-fold higher activity towards 2,3-dichlorophenol compared to that in extracts from 1,2,3-TCB-grown cultures. These findings demonstrate the functionality of RdhA CbdbA1588 and further support a role in 1,2,4-TCB dechlorination by strain CBDB1.

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Bacterial ProteinsChlorobenzenesChloroflexiDehalococcoidesOxidoreductases1,2,4-trichlorobenzeneBacterial ProteinsChlorobenzenesOxidoreductasestrichlorobenzeneDehalococcoides mccartyiPceAproteomereductive dehalogenasesRNAtranscriptometrichlorobenzene

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