Isolation and Characterization of Tn5-Induced Mutants ofPseudomonas paucimobilisUT26 Defective inγ-Hexachlorocyclohexane Dehydrochlorinase (LinA)
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
- Vol. 57 (5) , 703-709
- https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.57.703
Abstract
Pseudomonas paucimohilis UT26 grows on y-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH) as a sole source of carbon and energy. Tn5 mutation was introduced into UT26, and two kinds of mutants defective in γ-HCH degradation were phenotypically isolated; one (UT64) completely lacked the activity to degrade γ-HCH, while the other (UT61) retained a very low level of activity. Tagging and sequencing analysis showed that both mutants had a Tn5 insertion at the same site of the linA (γ-HCH dehydrochlorinase encoding) gene. However, UT61 had an additional rearrangement, which could be the cause of its retaining a low level of activity. An in vitro complementation test with a crude extract from UT64 plus partially purified LinA protein showed that LinA was essential not only for the first-step reaction (γ-HCH to γ-pentachlorocyclohexene; γ-PCCH), but also for the second-step reaction (γ-PCCH to compound B) of γ-HCH degradation in UT26.Keywords
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