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. 1993 Apr;175(7):2162–2167. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.7.2162-2167.1993

Characterization of an Escherichia coli aromatic hydroxylase with a broad substrate range.

M A Prieto 1, A Perez-Aranda 1, J L Garcia 1
PMCID: PMC204336  PMID: 8458860

Abstract

The hpaB gene encoding an aromatic hydroxylase of Escherichia coli ATCC 11105, a penicillin G acylase-producing strain, has been cloned and expressed in E. coli K-12. This gene was located near the pacA gene coding for penicillin G acylase. The hydroxylase has a molecular mass of 59,000 Da, uses NADH as a cosubstrate, and was tentatively classified as a 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid hydroxylase, albeit it exhibited a rather broad substrate specificity acting on different monohydric and dihydric phenols. E. coli W, C, and B as well as Klebsiella pneumoniae M5a1 and Kluyvera citrophila ATCC 21285 (a penicillin G acylase-producing strain) but not E. coli K-12 contained sequences homologous to hpaB. Our results support the hypothesis that hpaB is a component of the 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid degradative pathway of E. coli W.

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