S. Takenaka, S. Murakami, R. Shinke
Jun 6, 1997
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Abstract
2-Aminophenol 1,6-dioxygenase was purified from the cell extracts of Pseudomonas sp. AP-3 grown on 2-aminophenol. The product from 2-aminophenol by catalysis of the purified enzyme was identified as 2-aminomuconic 6-semialdehyde by gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric analyses. The molecular mass of the native enzyme was 140 kDa based on gel filtration. It was dissociated into molecular mass subunits of 32 (α-subunit) and 40 kDa (β-subunit) by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, indicating that the dioxygenase was a heterotetramer of α2β2. The genes coding for the α- and β-subunits of the enzyme were cloned and sequenced. Open reading frames of the genes (amnA and amnB) were 816 and 918 base pairs in length, respectively. The amino acid sequences predicted from the open reading frames of amnA andamnB corresponded to the NH2-terminal amino acid sequences of the α-subunit (AmnA) and β-subunit (AmnB), respectively. The deduced amino acid sequences of AmnB showed identities to some extent with HpaD (25.4%) and HpcB (24.4%) that are homoprotocatechuate 2,3-dioxygenases from Escherichia coliW and C, respectively, belonging to class III in the extradiol dioxygenases. On the other hand, AmnA had identity (23.3%) with only AmnB among the enzymes examined.