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. 1992 Mar 15;282(Pt 3):675–680. doi: 10.1042/bj2820675

Bacterial metabolism of 5-aminosalicylic acid. Initial ring cleavage.

A Stolz 1, B Nörtemann 1, H J Knackmuss 1
PMCID: PMC1130840  PMID: 1554350

Abstract

The metabolism of 5-aminosalicylate (5AS) by a bacterial strain, Pseudomonas sp. BN9, was studied. Intact cells of Pseudomonas sp. BN9 grown with 5AS oxidized 5AS and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (gentisate), whereas cells grown with gentisate oxidized only the growth substrate of all substituted salicylates tested. Cell extracts from Pseudomonas sp. BN9 catalysed the stoichiometric reaction of 1 mol of oxygen with 1 mol of 5AS to a metabolite with an intense u.v.-absorption maximum at 352 nm (pH 8.0). This metabolite was accumulated under neutral conditions, but was rapidly destroyed at acid pH. It was identified by m.s. and acid-catalysed deamination to fumarylpyruvate (trans-2,4-dioxohept-5-enedioic acid) as cis-4-amino-6-carboxy-2-oxohexa-3,5-dienoate, thus demonstrating direct cleavage of the monohydroxylated substrate 5AS to a non-aromatic ring-fission product. The enzyme responsible for conversion of 5AS was shown to be Fe(II)-dependent and to be distinct from gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase in strain BN9.

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