TY - JOUR
T1 - Fluoro-recognition
T2 - New in vivo fluorescent assay for toluene dioxygenase probing induction by and metabolism of polyfluorinated compounds
AU - Aukema, Kelly G.
AU - Bygd, Madison D.
AU - Tassoulas, Lambros J.
AU - Richman, Jack E.
AU - Wackett, Lawrence P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Environmental Microbiology published by Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - The present study examined the regulatory and metabolic response of the aromatic degrader Pseudomonas putida F1 and its tod operon, controlling toluene degradation, to fluorinated aromatic and aliphatic compounds. The tod operon is upregulated by inducer binding to the TodS sensing domain of a two-component regulator. The induced enzymes include toluene dioxygenase that initiates catabolic assimilation of benzenoid hydrocarbons. Toluene dioxygenase was shown to oxidize 6-fluoroindole to a meta-stable fluorescent product, 6-fluoroindoxyl. The fluorescent output allowed monitoring relative levels of tod operon induction in whole cells using microtiter well plates. Mono- and polyfluorinated aromatic compounds were shown to induce toluene dioxygenase, in some cases to a greater extent than compounds serving as growth substrates. Compounds that are oxidized by toluene dioxygenase and undergoing defluorination were shown to induce their own metabolism. 1,2,4-Trifluorobenzene caused significant induction and computational modelling indicated productive binding to the TodS sensor domain of the TodST regulator. Toluene dioxygenase also showed preferential binding of 1,2,4-trifluorobenzene such that defluorination was favoured. Fluorinated aliphatic compounds were shown to induce toluene dioxygenase. An aliphatic ether with seven fluorine atoms, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro-2-trifluoromethoxy-4-iodobutane (TTIB), was an excellent inducer of toluene dioxygenase activity and shown to undergo transformation in cultures of P. putida F1.
AB - The present study examined the regulatory and metabolic response of the aromatic degrader Pseudomonas putida F1 and its tod operon, controlling toluene degradation, to fluorinated aromatic and aliphatic compounds. The tod operon is upregulated by inducer binding to the TodS sensing domain of a two-component regulator. The induced enzymes include toluene dioxygenase that initiates catabolic assimilation of benzenoid hydrocarbons. Toluene dioxygenase was shown to oxidize 6-fluoroindole to a meta-stable fluorescent product, 6-fluoroindoxyl. The fluorescent output allowed monitoring relative levels of tod operon induction in whole cells using microtiter well plates. Mono- and polyfluorinated aromatic compounds were shown to induce toluene dioxygenase, in some cases to a greater extent than compounds serving as growth substrates. Compounds that are oxidized by toluene dioxygenase and undergoing defluorination were shown to induce their own metabolism. 1,2,4-Trifluorobenzene caused significant induction and computational modelling indicated productive binding to the TodS sensor domain of the TodST regulator. Toluene dioxygenase also showed preferential binding of 1,2,4-trifluorobenzene such that defluorination was favoured. Fluorinated aliphatic compounds were shown to induce toluene dioxygenase. An aliphatic ether with seven fluorine atoms, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro-2-trifluoromethoxy-4-iodobutane (TTIB), was an excellent inducer of toluene dioxygenase activity and shown to undergo transformation in cultures of P. putida F1.
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U2 - 10.1111/1462-2920.16187
DO - 10.1111/1462-2920.16187
M3 - Article
C2 - 36054238
AN - SCOPUS:85139978886
SN - 1462-2912
VL - 24
SP - 5202
EP - 5216
JO - Environmental microbiology
JF - Environmental microbiology
IS - 11
ER -