PATHWAYS OF 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE DEGRADATION AMONG SPECIES OF BACILLUS
PATHWAYS OF 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE DEGRADATION AMONG SPECIES OF BACILLUS
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.127.1.204-210.1976
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
CRAWFORD, RL
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作者:
CRAWFORD, RL
The pathways used by 3 bacterial strains of the genus Bacillus to degrade 4-hydroxybenzoate are delineated. When B. brevis strain PHB-2 is grown on 4-hydroxybenzoate, enzymes of the protocatechuate branch of the .beta.-ketoadipate pathway are induced. B. circulans strain 3 contains high levels of the enzymes of the protocatechuate 2,3-dioxygenase pathway after growth on 4-hydroxybenzoate. B. laterosporus strain PHB-7a degrades 4-hydroxybenzoate by a novel reaction sequence. After growth on 4- hydroxybenzoate, strain PHB-7a contains high levels of gentisate oxygenase (EC 1.13.11.4) and maleypyruvate hydrolase. Whole cells of strain PHB-7a (grown on 4-hydroxybenzoate) accumulate 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (gentisate) from 4-hydroxybenzoate when incubated in the presence of 1 mM .alpha.,.alpha.''-dipyridyl. Strain PHB-7a appears to convert 4-hydroxybenzoate to gentisate, which is further degraded by the glutathione-independent gentistic acid pathway. These pathway delineations provide evidence that Bacillus spp. are derived from a diverse evolutionary background.