R. Shanker et Wm. Atkins, LUCIFERASE-DEPENDENT, CYTOCHROME P-450-CATALYZED DEHALOGENATION IN GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED PSEUDOMONAS, Biotechnology progress, 12(4), 1996, pp. 474-479
To investigate the possibility of luciferase-dependent photoreduction
of cytochrome P-450's in vivo, Vibrio harveyi luciferase was coexpress
ed with the bacterial cytochrome P-450cam in Pseudomonas putida. Lucif
erase expression was under the control of the Pm promoter from the met
a-cleavage TOL operon, incorporated into the chromosome by a mini Tn5-
mediated transposition. Cytochrome P-450cam expression was controlled
by the Ptac-lac promoter on the broad host range vector pMMB206. Both
proteins were expressed in Pseudomonas putida strain MTCC 102 (PpW). T
his strain does not harbor the cam plasmid, which encodes the enzymes
responsible for degradation of the terpene camphor. The metabolic acti
vity of the resulting strain (PpW-lux-cam) toward model halogenated co
mpounds was studied. In the absence of the natural cytochrome P-450cam
, electron transfer partners putidaredoxin (PR) and putidaredoxin redu
ctase (Fp), and at low oxygen tension, the bacterial cells efficiently
dehalogenate model chlorinated hydrocarbons in a light-independent re
action. Hexachloroethane and pentachloroethane were metabolized to tet
rachloroethylene and trichloroethylene, respectively, at rates compara
ble to that of strain PpG786, which carries the cam plasmid. Reductive
dehalogenation required the expression of both luciferase and cytochr
ome P-450 in the same cells. These results indicate that alternative e
lectron transfer partners may be exploited for cytochrome P-450-depend
ent bioremediation strategies.