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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-22
pubmed:abstractText
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 alpha-subunit of the TodCBA dioxygenase exhibited a TodCBA dioxygenase specificity. Acquisition of dehalogenase activity was achieved by replacement of specific todC1 alpha-subunit subsequences by equivalent sequences of the tecA1 alpha-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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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
180
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5520-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of chlorobenzene dioxygenase sequence elements involved in dechlorination of 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Microbiology, GBF-National Research Centre for Biotechnology, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't