大河内由美子, 越川弘博元, 西嶋真幸, 尾崎博明, 寺島泰
環境工学研究論文集 33 185-193 1996年 査読有り
From the standpoint of improving biological wastewater treatments by biochemical and genetic methods, the biodegradation and dehalogenation of haloaromatic pollutants were investigated. The crude enzyme extracted from 2, 4-D (2, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetate) degrading strain was effective for the dehalogenation of 2-halo acid, especially 2-Chloropropionate (DL2-CPA). Based on the activity staining of this crude enzyme extract, it was found that only one dehalogenase was produced in this 2, 4-D degrading strain. The 2-halo acid dehalogenase was purified using FPLC, and it exhibited maximum activity at 45-50°C and pH 9-10, respectively. This enzyme had a molecukar weight of 68.5kDa and appeared to be composed of two identical subunits of 34kDa. Enzymatic activity of this dehalogenase was only detected with 2-halo acid which had carbons less than three, such as Bromoacetate, Iodoacetate, 2, 3-Dichloropropionate, DL-2-CPA, but no dehalogenation was detected for haloaromatic substrates, such as 2, 4-D or MCPA (4-Chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetate).