Enzymes of naphthalene metabolism by Pseudomonas fluorescens 26K strain

Biochemistry (Mosc). 2010 May;75(5):562-9. doi: 10.1134/s0006297910050044.

Abstract

The ability of Pseudomonas fluorescens 26K strain to utilize naphthalene at concentrations up to 600 mg/liter as the sole source of carbon and energy in mineral liquid media was shown. Using HPLC, TLC, and mass-spectrometry, the intermediates of naphthalene transformation by this strain were identified as naphthalene cis-1,2-dihydrodiol, salicylaldehyde, salicylate, catechol, 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde, and 1-naphthol. Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase (a homotetramer with native molecular mass 125 kDa) and NAD+-dependent homohexameric naphthalene cis-1,2-dihydrodiol dehydrogenase with native molecular mass 160 kDa were purified from crude extract of the strain and characterized. NAD+-dependent homodimeric salicylaldehyde dehydrogenase with molecular mass 110 kDa was purified and characterized for the first time. Based on the data, a pathway of naphthalene degradation by P. fluorescens 26K is suggested.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / chemistry*
  • Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / isolation & purification
  • Aldehydes / analysis
  • Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase / chemistry*
  • Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase / isolation & purification
  • Catechols / analysis
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / analysis
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Naphthalenes / metabolism*
  • Naphthols / analysis
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors / chemistry*
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors / isolation & purification
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens / enzymology*
  • Salicylates / analysis

Substances

  • Aldehydes
  • Catechols
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
  • Naphthalenes
  • Naphthols
  • Salicylates
  • salicylaldehyde
  • 1-naphthol
  • hydroxymuconic semialdehyde
  • 1,2-dihydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene
  • Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase
  • Aldehyde Oxidoreductases
  • salicylaldehyde dehydrogenase
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors
  • cis-1,2-dihydrobenzene-1,2-diol dehydrogenase
  • catechol