PLASMID SPECIFYING TOTAL DEGRADATION OF 3-CHLOROBENZOATE BY A MODIFIED ORTHO-PATHWAY
PLASMID SPECIFYING TOTAL DEGRADATION OF 3-CHLOROBENZOATE BY A MODIFIED ORTHO-PATHWAY
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.146.2.639-646.1981
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
CHAKRABARTY, AM
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作者:
CHATTERJEE, DK;KELLOGG, ST;CHAKRABARTY, AM
A plasmid, termed pAC25, specifying biodegradation of 3-chlorobenzoate in a strain of Pseudomonas putida was characterized. During growth of the plasmid-harboring cells with 3-chlorobenzoate, there was an accumulation of 3-chlorocatechol and .beta.-chloromuconic acid as intermediates and release of > 80% of the Cl in the form of inorganic chloride. The plasmid had a mean molecular mass of 68 .times. 106 daltons and was transmissible to a number of Pseudomonas spp. such as P. aeruginosa, P. putida strain PpG1 and P. putida strain PRS1. Transfer of pAC25 to various catechol-negative mutants of P. putida strain PRS1 showed that the chromosomally coded pyrocatechase was not complemented by the plasmid-specified pyrocatechase, which appeared to be specific for the chlorinated catechols. In contrast to benzoate, which was metabolized by the ortho pathway through .beta.-ketoadipate as an intermediate, the plasmid specified ortho cleavage of the chlorocatechols through maleylacetate as an intermediate.