Combined Genomic and Proteomic Approaches Identify Gene Clusters Involved in Anaerobic 2-Methylnaphthalene Degradation in the Sulfate-Reducing Enrichment Culture N47
Open Access
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 192 (1), 295-306
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00874-09
Abstract
The highly enriched deltaproteobacterial culture N47 anaerobically oxidizes the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene, with sulfate as the electron acceptor. Combined genome sequencing and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based shotgun proteome analyses were performed to identify genes and proteins involved in anaerobic aromatic catabolism. Proteome analysis of 2-methylnaphthalene-grown N47 cells resulted in the identification of putative enzymes catalyzing the anaerobic conversion of 2-methylnaphthalene to 2-naphthoyl coenzyme A (2-naphthoyl-CoA), as well as the reductive ring cleavage of 2-naphthoyl-CoA, leading to the formation of acetyl-CoA and CO 2 . The glycyl radical-catalyzed fumarate addition to the methyl group of 2-methylnaphthalene is catalyzed by naphthyl-2-methyl-succinate synthase (Nms), composed of α-, β-, and γ-subunits that are encoded by the genes nmsABC . Located upstream of nmsABC is nmsD , encoding the Nms-activating enzyme, which harbors the characteristic [Fe 4 S 4 ] cluster sequence motifs of S -adenosylmethionine radical enzymes. The bns gene cluster, coding for enzymes involved in beta-oxidation reactions converting naphthyl-2-methyl-succinate to 2-naphthoyl-CoA, was found four intervening open reading frames further downstream. This cluster consists of eight genes ( bnsABCDEFGH ) corresponding to 8.1 kb, which are closely related to genes for enzymes involved in anaerobic toluene degradation within the denitrifiers “ Aromatoleum aromaticum ” EbN1, Azoarcus sp. strain T, and Thauera aromatica . Another contiguous DNA sequence harbors the gene for 2-naphthoyl-CoA reductase ( ncr ) and 16 additional genes that were found to be expressed in 2-methylnaphthalene-grown cells. These genes code for enzymes that were supposed to catalyze the dearomatization and ring cleavage reactions converting 2-naphthoyl-CoA to acetyl-CoA and CO 2 . Comparative sequence analysis of the four encoding subunits ( ncrABCD ) showed the gene product to have the closest similarity to the Azoarcus type of benzoyl-CoA reductase. The present work provides the first insight into the genetic basis of anaerobic 2-methylnaphthalene metabolism and delivers implications for understanding contaminant degradation.Keywords
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