Exoenzymes of Trametes versicolor can metabolize coplanar PCB congeners and hydroxy PCB

Chemosphere. 2007 Apr;67(9):S54-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.090. Epub 2007 Jan 23.

Abstract

Two fractions containing the oxidase activity toward 2,2'-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) (ABTS) were obtained using ion-exchange DEAE-Sepharose column chromatography of the culture fluid of white-rot fungus, Trametes versicolor. These two fractions can reduce the level of coplanar PCB congeners (Co-PCBs). The ABTS oxidase in the first fraction passed through the DEAE-Sepharose column. The ABTS oxidase in the second fraction was adsorbed to the column at <pH 5.6. Overall, the first fraction has a higher activity to reduce each level of Co-PCBs than the second fraction does. In equally chlorinated congeners, non-ortho congeners were less metabolized than ortho congeners; a 4-hydroxy-pentachlorobiphenyl (hydroxy PeCB) was more susceptible to metabolism than a structurally related non-hydroxy PeCB or HxCB.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzothiazoles / isolation & purification
  • Benzothiazoles / metabolism*
  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism*
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls / metabolism*
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls / toxicity
  • Polyporales / enzymology*
  • Sulfonic Acids / isolation & purification
  • Sulfonic Acids / metabolism*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / metabolism*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / toxicity

Substances

  • Benzothiazoles
  • Sulfonic Acids
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • 2,2'-azino-di-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline)-6-sulfonic acid
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • Oxidoreductases