Cloning and expression of meta-cleavage enzyme (CarB) of carbazole degradation pathway from Pseudomonas stutzeri

Abstracts

In this work, the 1082bp PCR product corresponding to carBaBb genes that encode the heterotetrameric enzyme 2'-aminobiphenyl-2,3-diol 1,2-dioxygenase (CarB), involved in the Pseudomonas stutzeri ATCC 31258 carbazole degradation pathway, was cloned using the site-specific recombination system. Recombinant clones were confirmed by PCR, restriction enzyme digestion and sequencing. CarB dioxygenase was expressed in high levels and in active form in Escherichia coli BL21-SI using the His-tagged expression vector pDEST TM17 and salt induction for 4h.

Carbazole; 2'-aminobiphenyl-2,3-diol dioxygenase; HOADA; heterologous gene expression; petroleum denitrogenation; biodegradation