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BR6020 possesses a single genetic locus for extradiol cleavage of protocatechuate

The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AF305325.

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A key intermediate for biodegradation of various distinct aromatic growth substrates in is protocatechuate (Pca), which is metabolized by the 4,5-extradiol () ring fission pathway. A locus harbouring genes from BR6020 was cloned, dubbed , which encodes the enzymes that degrade Pca. The identity of , encoding respectively the α- and β-subunit of the Pca ring-cleavage enzyme, was confirmed by N-terminal sequencing and molecular mass determination of both subunits from the separated enzyme. Disruption of resulted in a strain unable to grow on Pca and a variety of aromatic substrates funnelled through this compound (- and -hydroxybenzoate, -sulfobenzoate, phthalate, isophthalate, terephthalate, vanillate, isovanillate and veratrate). Growth on benzoate and -aminobenzoate (anthranilate) was not affected in this strain, indicating that these substrates are metabolized via a different lower pathway. Tentative functions for the products of other genes were assigned based on sequence identity and/or similarity to proteins from other proteobacteria involved in uptake or metabolism of aromatic compounds. This study provides evidence for a single lower pathway in for metabolism of Pca, which is generated by different upper pathways acting on a variety of aromatic substrates.

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Keyword(s): Ap, ampicillin , aromatic , biodegradation , Cm, chloramphenicol , HCMS, 2-hydroxy-4-carboxymuconate semialdehyde , HCMSD, HCMS dehydrogenase , Km, kanamycin , lig genes , meta ring fission , MMA, minimal medium A , OCA, 4-oxalocitramalate aldolase , Pca, protocatechuate , PDCH, 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid hydrolase and PMD, Pca 4,5-dioxygenase
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Comamonas testosteroni BR6020 possesses a single genetic locus for extradiol cleavage of protocatechuateThe GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AF305325.
Microbiology 147, 2157 (2001); https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-147-8-2157
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