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Journal of Bacteriology, September 1998, p. 4591-4595, Vol. 180, No. 17
Air Force Research Laboratory, Tyndall Air
Force Base, Florida 32403
Received 2 March 1998/Accepted 10 June 1998
2-Aminonumconic 6-semialdehyde is an unstable intermediate in the
biodegradation of nitrobenzene and 2-aminophenol by Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes JS45. Previous work has shown that enzymes in cell extracts convert 2-aminophenol to 2-aminomuconate in the presence
of NAD+. In the present work, 2-aminomuconic semialdehyde
dehydrogenase was purified and characterized. The purified enzyme
migrates as a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel
electrophoresis with a molecular mass of 57 kDa. The molecular mass of
the native enzyme was estimated to be 160 kDa by gel filtration
chromatography. The optimal pH for the enzyme activity was 7.3. The
enzyme is able to oxidize several aldehyde analogs, including
2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde, hexaldehyde, and benzaldehyde. The gene
encoding 2-aminomuconic semialdehyde dehydrogenase was identified by
matching the deduced N-terminal amino acid sequence of the gene with
the first 21 amino acids of the purified protein. Multiple sequence alignment of various semialdehyde dehydrogenase protein sequences indicates that 2-aminomuconic 6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase has a high
degree of identity with 2-hydroxymuconic 6-semialdehyde dehydrogenases.
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Purification, Characterization, and Sequence Analysis of
2-Aminomuconic 6-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas
pseudoalcaligenes JS45
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: AFRL/MLQR,
139 Barnes Dr., Suite 2, Tyndall Air Force Base, FL 32403. Phone:
(850) 283-6058. Fax: (850) 283-6090. E-mail:
jspain{at}ccmail.aleq.tyndall.af.mil.
Present address: Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
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