* Anthranilate degradation by a cold-adapted Pseudomonas sp.
- An alpine soil bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain PAMC 25931 was characterized as eurypsychrophilic (both psychrophilic and mesotolerant) with a broad temperature range of 5-30 °C both for anthranilate (2-aminobenzoate) degradation and concomitant cell growth. Two degradative gene clusters (antABC and catBCA) were detected from a fosmid clone in the PAMC 25931 genomic library; each cluster was confirmed to be specifically induced by anthranilate. When expressed in Escherichia coli, the recombinant AntABC (anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase, AntDO) converted anthranilate into catechol, exhibiting strict specificity toward anthranilate. Recombinant CatA (catechol 1,2-dioxygenase, C12O) from the organism was active over a broad temperature range (5-37 °C). However, CatA rapidly lost the enzyme activity when incubated at above 25 °C. For example, 1 h-preincubation at 37 °C resulted in 100% loss of enzyme activity, while a counterpart from mesophilic Pseudomonas putida mt-2 did not show any negative effect on the initial enzyme activity. These results suggest that CatA is a new cold-adapted thermolabile enzyme, which might be a product through the adaptation process of PAMC 25931 to naturally cold environments and contribute to its ability to grow on anthranilate there.
=>活動, 活躍, 働き, 動き, 活気
Overview of noun activity
The noun activity has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (43) activity -- (any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity")
2. (36) action, activity, activeness -- (the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is
out of action")
3. (13) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity -- (an organic process that takes
place in the body; "respiratory activity")
4. activity -- ((chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction;
"catalytic activity")
5. natural process, natural action, action, activity -- (a process existing in or produced by nature
(rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity")
6. activeness, activity -- (the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically;
"the level of activity declines with age")
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