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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-11
pubmed:abstractText
The genes that encode oxygen-insensitive nitroreductases from Clostridium acetobutylicum possessing 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) transformation activity were cloned, sequenced and characterized. The gene products NitA (MW 31 kDa) and NitB (MW 23 kDa) were purified to homogeneity. The NitA and NitB are oxygen-insensitive nitroreductases comprised of a single nitroreductase domain. NitA and NitB enzymes show spectral characteristics similar to flavoproteins. The biochemical characteristics of NitA and NitB are highly similar to those of NfsA, the major nitroreductase from E. coli. NitA exhibited broad specificity similar to that of E. coli NfsA and displayed no flavin reductase activity. NitB showed broad substrate specificity toward nitrocompounds in a pattern similar to NfsA and NfsB of Escherichia coli. NitB has high sequence similarity to NAD(P)H nitroreductase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. NitA could utilize only NADH as an electron donor, whereas NitB utilized both NADH and NADPH as electron donors with a preference for NADH. The activity of both nitroreductases was high toward 2,4-Dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) as a substrate. Both the nitroreductases were inhibited by dicoumarol and salicyl hydroxamate. The nitroreductases showed higher relative expression on induction with TNT, nitrofurazone and nitrofurantoin compared to the uninduced control.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2,4-dinitrotoluene, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dicumarol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dinitrobenzenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Escherichia coli Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Flavoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NAD, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NADP, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NfsA protein, E coli, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitro Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitrofurantoin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitrofurazone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitroreductases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Salicylamides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trinitrotoluene, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/salicylhydroxamic acid
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0302-8933
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
184
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
158-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Clostridium acetobutylicum, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Dicumarol, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Dinitrobenzenes, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Flavoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-NAD, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-NADP, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Nitro Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Nitrofurantoin, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Nitrofurazone, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Nitroreductases, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Salicylamides, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Spectrum Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:16187099-Trinitrotoluene
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Biochemical characterization of trinitrotoluene transforming oxygen-insensitive nitroreductases from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology MS-140, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005-1892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.