Abstract:
:We have constructed a hybrid multicomponent dioxygenase gene cluster in which the bphA1 gene, coding for ISP alpha subunit of biphenyl dioxygenase from Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707, has been replaced by the bedC1 gene encoding the corresponding subunit of benzene dioxygenase from P. putida ML2. Escherichia coli cells containing the chimeric dioxygenase acquired the novel capability of producing indigo from indole. Furthermore, when compared to biphenyl dioxygenase, the hybrid dioxygenase enzyme was half as active towards benzene but exhibited only 4% activity when biphenyl was the substrate. The results implicate the ISP alpha subunit to be involved in substrate specificity and activity of the dioxygenase enzyme.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Tan HM,Cheong CMdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1994.2546subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-10-28 00:00:00pages
912-7issue
2eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
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204pub_type
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