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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 189, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109953
Keywords
Co-metabolic enzymes; Pyrethroids; 3-Phenoxybenzoic acid; Biodegradation; Aspergillus oryzae M-4
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31801644, 31371775]
- Specialized Fund for the Experimental Technology and Management Program of Sichuan Normal University of China [SYJS2018001]
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As an intermediate metabolite of pyrethroids, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA) is more toxic than its parent compounds and has been detected in milk, soil, and human urine. 3-PBA can be metabolized through microbial degradation, but the microbial co-metabolic enzymes and pathways involved in 3-PBA degradation are unclear. This study investigated the enzymes types and possible pathways in the co-metabolic degradation of 3-PBA by Aspergillus oryzae M-4. The enzymes involved in co-metabolic degradation of 3-PBA and its intermediate metabolites were induced, and existed extracellularly and intracellularly except the catechol-degrading enzyme. Inhibitors and inducers of these oxidases were used to examine the enzymes required for co-metabolic degradation of 3-PBA and its intermediate metabolites. 3-PBA is hydroxylated to produce 3-hydroxy-5-phenoxy benzoic acid through the catalytic actions of lignin peroxidase (LiP). Phenol and gallic acid, the metabolites of 3-PBA, are produced via cleavage of an ether bond under the catalytic actions of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) and LiP. Phenol can be converted to catechol by LiP; catechol and gallic acid are cleaved to form long-chain olefin acid or olefin aldehyde by dioxygenase and LiP. In corn flour, some of these enzyme activators such as FeCl3, 4-cumaric acid, veratryl alcohol and sodium periodate appeared to improve 3-PBA degradation. The results provide a reliable pathway and characteristics for co-metabolic microbial degradation of 3-PBA in food and the environment.
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