Abstract
The widespread use and relative persistence of s-triazine compounds such as atrazine and simazine have led to increasing concern about environmental contamination by these compounds. Few microbial isolates capable of transforming substituted s-triazines have been identified. Rhodococcus corallinus NRRL B-15444 has previously been shown to possess a hydrolase activity that is responsible for the dechlorination of the triazine compounds deethylsimazine (6-chloro-N-ethyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) (CEAT) and deethylatrazine (6-chloro-N-isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) (CIAT). The enzyme responsible for this activity was purified and shown to be composed of four identical subunits of 54,000 Da. Kinetic experiments revealed that the purified enzyme is also capable of deaminating the structurally related s-triazine compounds melamine (2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine) (AAAT) and CAAT (2-chloro-4,6-diamino-1,3,5-triazine), as well as the pyrimidine compounds 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine (AAAP) and 4-chloro-2,6-diaminopyrimidine (CAAP). The triazine herbicides atrazine and simazine inhibit the hydrolytic activities of the enzyme but are not substrates. Induction experiments demonstrate that triazine hydrolytic activity is inducible and that this activity rises approximately 20-fold during induction.
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