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Characterization of a vanillic acid non-oxidative decarboxylation gene cluster from sp. D7

The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AF134589.

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Abstract

The genetics of non-oxidative decarboxylation of aromatic acids are poorly understood in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Although such reactions have been observed in numerous micro-organisms acting on a variety of substrates, the genes encoding enzymes responsible for these processes have not, to our knowledge, been reported in the literature. Here, the isolation of a streptomycete from soil ( sp. D7) which efficiently converts 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid (vanillic acid) to 2-methoxyphenol (guaiacol) is described. Protein two-dimensional gel analysis revealed that several proteins were synthesized in response to vanillic acid. One of these was characterized by partial amino-terminal sequencing, leading to the cloning of a gene cluster from a genomic DNA lambda phage library, consisting of three ORFs, (602 bp), (1424 bp) and (239 bp). Protein sequence comparisons suggest that the product of (201 aa) is similar to phenylacrylate decarboxylase of yeast; the putative products of (475 aa) and (80 aa) are similar to hypothetical proteins of unknown function from various micro-organisms, and are found in a similar cluster in . Northern blot analysis revealed the synthesis of a 25 kb mRNA transcript in vanillic-acid-induced cells, suggesting that the cluster is under the control of a single inducible promoter. Expression of the entire gene cluster in 1326 as a heterologous host resulted in that strain acquiring the ability to decarboxylate vanillic acid to guaiacol non-oxidatively. Both sp. strain D7 and recombinant 1326 expressing the gene cluster do not, however, decarboxylate structurally similar aromatic acids, suggesting that the system is specific for vanillic acid. This catabolic system may be useful as a component for pathway engineering research focused towards the production of valuable chemicals from forestry and agricultural by-products.

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Keyword(s): actinomycetes , biotransformation , enzyme , Streptomyces and vanillic acid
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Characterization of a vanillic acid non-oxidative decarboxylation gene cluster from Streptomyces sp. D7The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AF134589.
Microbiology 145, 2393 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-145-9-2393
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