Unraveling metabolic flexibility of rhodococci in PCB transformation

Petrić, Ines; Drevenkar, Vlasta; Fingler, Sanja; Begonja Kolar, Ana; Hršak, Dubravka; Martin-Laurent, Fabrice; Udiković- Kolić, Nikolina (2021) Unraveling metabolic flexibility of rhodococci in PCB transformation. Chemosphere, 282 . ISSN 0045-6535

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Abstract

Even though the genetic attributes suggest presence of multiple degradation pathways, most of rhodococci are known to transform PCBs only via regular biphenyl (bph) pathway. Using GC-MS analysis, we monitored products formed during transformation of 2, 4, 4′- trichlorobiphenyl (PCB- 28), 2, 2′, 5, 5′- tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB- 52) and 2, 4, 3′- trichlorobiphenyl (PCB-25) by previously characterized PCB-degrading rhodococci Z6, T6, R2, and Z57, with the aim to explore their metabolic pleiotropy in PCB transformations. A striking number of different transformation products (TPs) carrying a phenyl ring as a substituent, both those generated as a part of the bph pathway and an array of unexpected TPs, implied a curious transformation ability. We hypothesized that studied rhodococcal isolates, besides the regular one, use at least two alternative pathways for PCB transformation, including the pathway leading to acetophenone formation (via 3, 4 (4, 5) dioxygenase attack on the molecule), and a third sideway pathway that includes stepwise oxidative decarboxylation of the aliphatic side chain of the 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6- phenylhexa-2, 4-dienoate. Structure of the identified chlorinated benzoic acids and acetophenones allowed us to hypothesize that the first two pathways were the outcome of a ring- hydroxylating dioxygenase with the ability to attack both the 2, 3 (5, 6) and the 3, 4 (4, 5) positions of the biphenyl ring as well as dechlorination activity at both, -ortho and - para positions. We propose that several TPs produced by the bph pathway could have caused the triggering of the third sideway pathway. In conclusion, this study proposed ability of rhodococci to use different strategies in PCB transformation, which allows them to circumvent potential negative aspect of TPs on the overall transformation pathway.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Polychlorinated biphenyls ; Biotransformation ; Rhodococcus ; bph pathway ; Transformation products ; Multiple pathways
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology > Microbiology
Divisions:	Division for Marine and Enviromental Research
Depositing User:	Dr Ines Sviličić Petrić
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2022 11:48
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7721
DOI:	10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130975

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