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 Peer-reviewed
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).