Ei. Petersen et al., MOLECULAR-CLONING AND HOMOLOGY MODELING OF PROTOCATECHUATE 3,4-DIOXYGENASE FROM PSEUDOMONAS-MARGINATA, Microbiological research, 151(4), 1996, pp. 359-370
The genes that encode the alpha and beta subunits of protocatechuate 3
,4-dioxygenase (3,4-PCD[EC 1.13.11.3]) were cloned from a Pseudomonas
marginata genomic library. These genes pcaG and pcaH, were found when
screening the library for hydrolase genes. The two open reading frames
of the PCD genes could be identified adjacent to an esterase gene by
sequence homology. A 1.7-kb KpnI/ApaI fragment, carrying pcaG and pcaH
, was subcloned and the genes were functionally expressed in Escherich
ia coli. The deduced amino acid sequence shows high homology to previo
usly determined amino acid sequences of bacterial protocatechuate 3,4-
dioxygenases. A homology model based on the available crystal structur
e of the protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa s
hows high similarity with the binding and catalytic sites.