PHENOL AND BENZOATE METABOLISM BY PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA - REGULATION OF TANGENTIAL PATHWAYS
PHENOL AND BENZOATE METABOLISM BY PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA - REGULATION OF TANGENTIAL PATHWAYS
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.100.2.869-877.1969
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发表时间:
1969-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
HEGEMAN, GD
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作者:
FEIST, CF;HEGEMAN, GD
Catechol occurs as an intermediate in the metabolism of both benzoate and phenol by strains ofPseudomonas putida. During growth at the expense of benzoate, catechol is cleavedortho(1,2-oxygenase) and metabolized via the β-ketoadipate pathway; during growth at the expense of phenol or cresols, the catechol or substituted catechols formed are metabolized by a separate pathway followingmeta(2,3-oxygenase) cleavage of the aromatic ring of catechol. It is possible to explain the mutually exclusive occurrence of themetaandorthopathway enzymes in phenol- and benzoate-grown cells ofP. putidaon the basis of differences in the mode of regulation of these two pathways. By use of both nonmetabolizable inducers and blocked mutants, gratuitous synthesis of some of themetapathway enzymes was obtained. All four enzymes of themetapathway are induced by the primary substrate, cresol or phenol, or its analogue. Three enzymes of theorthopathway that catalyze the conversion of catechol to β-ketoadipate enol-lactone are induced bycis,cis-muconate, produced from catechol by 1,2-oxygenase-mediated cleavage. Observations on the differences in specificity of induction and function of the two pathways suggest that they are not really either tangential or redundant. Themetapathway serves as a general mechanism for catabolism of various alkyl derivatives of catechol derived from substituted phenolic compounds. Theorthopathway is more specific and serves primarily in the catabolism of precursors of catechol and catechol itself.