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Author (up) Marin, M.; Perez-Pantoja, D.; Donoso, R.; Wray, V.; Gonzalez, B.; Pieper, D.H. pdf  doi
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  Title Modified 3-Oxoadipate Pathway for the Biodegradation of Methylaromatics in Pseudomonas reinekei MT1 Type
  Year 2010 Publication Journal Of Bacteriology Abbreviated Journal J. Bacteriol.  
  Volume 192 Issue 6 Pages 1543-1552  
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  Abstract Catechols are central intermediates in the metabolism of aromatic compounds. Degradation of 4-methyl-catechol via intradiol cleavage usually leads to the formation of 4-methylmuconolactone (4-ML) as a dead-end metabolite. Only a few microorganisms are known to mineralize 4-ML. The mml gene cluster of Pseudomonas reinekei MT1, which encodes enzymes involved in the metabolism of 4-ML, is shown here to encode 10 genes found in a 9.4-kb chromosomal region. Reverse transcription assays revealed that these genes form a single operon, where their expression is controlled by two promoters. Promoter fusion assays identified 4-methyl-3-oxoadipate as an inducer. Mineralization of 4-ML is initiated by the 4-methylmuconolactone methylisomerase encoded by mmlI. This reaction produces 3-ML and is followed by a rearrangement of the double bond catalyzed by the methylmuconolactone isomerase encoded by mmlJ. Deletion of mmlL, encoding a protein of the metallo-beta-lactamase superfamily, resulted in a loss of the capability of the strain MT1 to open the lactone ring, suggesting its function as a 4-methyl-3-oxoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase. Further metabolism can be assumed to occur by analogy with reactions known from the 3-oxoadipate pathway. mmlF and mmlG probably encode a 4-methyl-3-oxoadipyl-coenzyme A (CoA) transferase, and the mmlC gene product functions as a thiolase, transforming 4-methyl-3-oxoadipyl-CoA into methylsuccinyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA, as indicated by the accumulation of 4-methyl-3-oxoadipate in the respective deletion mutant. Accumulation of methylsuccinate by an mmlK deletion mutant indicates that the encoded acetyl-CoA hydrolase/transferase is crucial for channeling methylsuccinate into the central metabolism.  
  Address [Marin, Macarena; Pieper, Dietmar H.] Helmholtz Zentrum Infekt Forsch, Dept Microbial Pathogenesis, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany, Email: dpi@helmholtz-hzi.de  
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  Publisher Amer Soc Microbiology Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0021-9193 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000274891300009 Approved  
  Call Number UAI @ eduardo.moreno @ Serial 84  
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