Enzyme recruitment allows the biodegradation of recalcitrant branched hydrocarbons by Pseudomonas citronellolis.
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Fall, R R
RESUMO
Experiments were carried out to construct pseudomonad strains capable of the biodegradation of certain recalcitrant branched hydrocarbons via a combination of alkane and citronellol degradative pathways. To promote the metabolism of the recalcitrant hydrocarbon 2,6-dimethyl-2-octene we transferred the OCT plasmid to Pseudomonas citronellolis, a pseudomonad containing the citronellol pathway. This extended the n-alkane substrate range of the organism, but did not permit utilization of the branched hydrocarbon even in the presence of a gratuitous inducer of the OCT plasmid. In a separate approach n-decane-utilizing (Dec+) mutants of P. citronellolis were selected and found to be constitutive for the expression of medium- to long-chain alkane oxidation. The Dec+ mutants were capable of degradation of 2,6-dimethyl-2-octene via the citronellol pathway as shown by (i) conversion of the hydrocarbon to citronellol, determined by gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, (ii) induction of geranyl-coenzyme A carboxylase, a key enzyme of the citronellol pathway, and (iii) demonstration of beta-decarboxymethylation of the hydrocarbon by whole cells. The Dec+ mutants had also acquired the capacity to metabolize other recalcitrant branched hydrocarbons such as 3,6-dimethyloctane and 2,6-dimethyldecane. These studies demonstrate how enzyme recruitment can provide a pathway for the biodegradation of otherwise recalcitrant branched hydrocarbons.
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