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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 185, Issue 6, Pages 1768-1775Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.6.1768-1775.2003
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Cleavage of the beta-aryl ether linkage is the most important process in lignin degradation. Here we characterize the three tandemly located glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes, ligF, RgE, and ligG, from low-molecular-weight lignin-degrading Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6, and we describe the actual roles of these genes in the P-aryl ether cleavage. Based on the identification of the reaction product by electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, a model compound of beta-aryl ether, alpha-(2-methoxyphenoxy)-beta-hydroxypropiovanillone (MPHPV), was transformed by LigF or LigE to guaiacol and alpha-glutathionyl-beta-hydroxypropiovanillone (GS-HPV). This result suggested that LigF and LigE catalyze the nucleophillic attack of glutathione on the carbon atom at the beta position of MPHPV. High-pressure liquid chromatography-circular dichroism analysis indicated that LigF and LigE each attacked a different enantiomer of the racemic MPHPV preparation. The ligG gene product specifically catalyzed the elimination of glutathione from GS-HPV generated by the action of LigF. This reaction then produces an achiral compound, beta-hydroxypropiovanillone, which is further degraded by this strain. Disruption of the ligF, ligE, and ligG genes in SYK-6 showed that LigF is essential to the degradation of one of the MPHPV enantiomers, and the alternative activities which metabolize the substrates of LigE and LigG are present in this strain.
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