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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Investigating differences in the ability of XplA/B-containing bacteria to degrade the explosive hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX).
FEMS Microbiology Letters 2017 August 2
The xenobiotic hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) is a toxic explosive and environmental pollutant. This study examines three bacterial species that degrade RDX, using it as a sole source of nitrogen for growth. Although isolated from diverse geographical locations, the species contain near identical copies of genes encoding the RDX-metabolising cytochrome P450, XplA and accompanying reductase, XplB. Sequence analysis indicates a single evolutionary origin for xplA and xplB as part of a genomic island, which has been distributed around the world via horizontal gene transfer. Despite the fact that xplA and xplB are highly conserved between species, Gordonia sp. KTR9 and Microbacterium sp. MA1 degrade RDX more slowly than Rhodococcus rhodochrous 11Y. Both Gordonia sp. KTR9 and Microbacterium sp. MA1 were found to contain single base-pair mutations in xplB which, following expression and purification, were found to encode inactive XplB protein. Additionally, the Gordonia sp. KTR9 XplB was fused to glutamine synthetase, which would be likely to sterically inhibit XplB activity. Although the glutamine synthetase is fused to XplB and truncated by 71 residues, it was found to be active. Glutamine synthetase has been implicated in the regulation of nitrogen levels; controlling nitrogen availability will be important for effective bioremediation of RDX.
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