Journal article
Identification, Purification, and Characterization of Iminodiacetate Oxidase from the EDTA-Degrading Bacterium BNC1
Applied and environmental microbiology, Vol.67(2), pp.696-701
02/2001
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/108101
PMCID: PMC92637
PMID: 11157233
Abstract
Microbial degradation of synthetic chelating agents, such as EDTA and nitrilotriacetate (NTA), may help immobilizing radionuclides and heavy metals in the environment. The EDTA- and NTA-degrading bacterium BNC1 uses EDTA monooxygenase to oxidize NTA to iminodiacetate (IDA) and EDTA to ethylenediaminediacetate (EDDA). IDA- and EDDA-degrading enzymes have not been purified and characterized to date. In this report, an IDA oxidase was purified to apparent homogeneity from strain BNC1 by using a combination of eight purification steps. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed a single protein band of 40 kDa, and by using size exclusion chromatography, we estimated the native enzyme to be a homodimer. Flavin adenine dinucleotide was determined as its prosthetic group. The purified enzyme oxidized IDA to glycine and glyoxylate with the consumption of O
2
. The temperature and pH optima for IDA oxidation were 35°C and 8, respectively. The apparent
K
m
for IDA was 4.0 mM with a
k
cat
of 5.3 s
−1
. When the N-terminal amino acid sequence was determined, it matched exactly with that encoded by a previously sequenced hypothetical oxidase gene of BNC1. The gene was expressed in
Escherichia coli
, and the gene product as a C-terminal fusion with a His tag was purified by a one-step nickel affinity chromatography. The purified fusion protein had essentially the same enzymatic activity and properties as the native IDA oxidase. IDA oxidase also oxidized EDDA to ethylenediamine and glyoxylate. Thus, IDA oxidase is likely the second enzyme in both NTA and EDTA degradation pathways in strain BNC1.
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- Title
- Identification, Purification, and Characterization of Iminodiacetate Oxidase from the EDTA-Degrading Bacterium BNC1
- Creators
- Yong Liu - School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4234Tai Man Louie - School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4234Jason Payne - School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4234Jan Bohuslavek - School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4234Harvey Bolton - School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4234Luying Xun - School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4234
- Publication Details
- Applied and environmental microbiology, Vol.67(2), pp.696-701
- Academic Unit
- Crop and Soil Sciences, Department of; Molecular Biosciences, School of
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Identifiers
- 99900547331101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article