Copper enhanced monooxygenase activity and FT-IR spectroscopic characterisation of biotransformation products in trichloroethylene degrading bacterium: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia PM102.

ABSTRACT: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia PM102 (NCBI GenBank Acc. no. JQ797560) is capable of growth on trichloroethylene as the sole carbon source. In this paper, we report the purification and characterisation of oxygenase present in the PM102 isolate. Enzyme activity was found to be induced 10.3-fold in presence of 0.7 mM copper with a further increment to 14.96-fold in presence of 0.05 mM NADH. Optimum temperature for oxygenase activity was recorded at 36°C. The reported enzyme was found to have enhanced activity at pH 5 and pH 8, indicating presence of two isoforms. Maximum activity was seen on incubation with benzene compared to other substrates like TCE, chloroform, toluene, hexane, and petroleum benzene. K(m) and V(max) for benzene were 3.8 mM and 340 U/mg/min and those for TCE were 2.1 mM and

SUBMITTER: Mukherjee P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3780474 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature