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. 1993 Mar;175(6):1621–1628. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.6.1621-1628.1993

Metabolism of 2,2'-dihydroxybiphenyl by Pseudomonas sp. strain HBP1: production and consumption of 2,2',3-trihydroxybiphenyl.

H P Kohler 1, A Schmid 1, M van der Maarel 1
PMCID: PMC203955  PMID: 8449871

Abstract

Cells of Pseudomonas sp. strain HBP1 grown on 2-hydroxy- or 2,2'-dihydroxybiphenyl contain NADH-dependent monooxygenase activity that hydroxylates 2,2'-dihydroxybiphenyl. The product of this reaction was identified as 2,2',3-trihydroxybiphenyl by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry. Furthermore, the monooxygenase activity also hydroxylates 2,2',3-trihydroxybiphenyl at the C-3' position, yielding 2,2',3,3'-tetrahydroxybiphenyl as a product. An estradiol ring cleavage dioxygenase activity that acts on both 2,2',3-tri- and 2,2',3,3'-tetrahydroxybiphenyl was partially purified. Both substrates yielded yellow meta-cleavage compounds that were identified as 2-hydroxy-6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-6-oxo-2,4-hexadienoic acid and 2-hydroxy-6-(2,3-dihydroxyphenyl)-6-oxo-2,4-hexadienoic acid, respectively, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of their respective trimethylsilyl derivatives. The meta-cleavage products were not stable in aqueous incubation mixtures but gave rise to their cyclization products, 3-(chroman-4-on-2-yl)pyruvate and 3-(8-hydroxychroman-4-on-2-yl)pyruvate, respectively. In contrast to the meta-cleavage compounds, which were turned over to salicylic acid and 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, the cyclization products are not substrates to the meta-cleavage product hydrolase activity. NADH-dependent salicylate monooxygenase activity catalyzed the conversions of salicylic acid and 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid to catechol and pyrogallol, respectively. The partially purified estradiol ring cleavage dioxygenase activity that acted on the hydroxybiphenyls also produced 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde and 2-hydroxymuconic acid from catechol and pyrogallol, respectively.

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