Identification of cis-diols as intermediates in the oxidation of aromatic acids by a strain of Pseudomonas putida that contains a TOL plasmid.

Whited, G. M., McCombie, W. R., Kwart, L. D., Gibson, D. T. (June 1986) Identification of cis-diols as intermediates in the oxidation of aromatic acids by a strain of Pseudomonas putida that contains a TOL plasmid. Journal of Bacteriology, 166 (3). pp. 1028-1039. ISSN 0021-9193

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3711022

Abstract

Pseudomonas putida BG1 was isolated from soil by enrichment with p-toluate and selection for growth with p-xylene. Other hydrocarbons that served as growth substrates were toluene, m-xylene, 3-ethyltoluene, and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene. The enzymes responsible for growth on these substrates are encoded by a large plasmid with properties similar to those of TOL plasmids isolated from other strains of Pseudomonas. Treatment of P. putida BG1 with nitrosoguanidine led to the isolation of a mutant strain which, when grown with fructose, oxidized both p-xylene and p-toluate to (-)-cis-1,2-dihydroxy-4-methylcyclohexa-3,5-diene-1-carboxylic acid (cis-p-toluate diol). The structure of the diol was determined by conventional chemical techniques including identification of the products formed by acid-catalyzed dehydration and characterization of a methyl ester derivative. The cis-relative stereochemistry of the hydroxyl groups was determined by the isolation and characterization of an isopropylidene derivative. p-Xylene-grown cells contained an inducible NAD+-dependent dehydrogenase which formed catechols from cis-p-toluate diol and the analogous acid diols formed from the other hydrocarbon substrates listed above. The catechols were converted to meta ring fission products by an inducible catechol-2,3-dioxygenase which was partially purified from p-xylene-grown cells of P. putida BG1.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: organism description > bacteria
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > organs types and functions > metabolism
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Communities: CSHL labs > McCombie lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: June 1986
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2013 13:37
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2013 13:37
PMCID: PMC215228
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/28224

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