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Analysis of the role of LinA and LinB in biodegradation of delta-hexachlorocyclohexane.

Environmental microbiology (2007-08-10)
Jun Wu, Qing Hong, Yan Sun, Yuanfan Hong, Qiuxiang Yan, Shunpeng Li
RÉSUMÉ

Commercial formulations of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) consist of a mixture of four isomers, alpha, beta, gamma and delta. All these four isomers are toxic and recalcitrant pollutants. Sphingobium (formerly Sphingomonas) sp. strain BHC-A is able to degrade all four HCH isomers. Eight lin genes responsible for the degradation of gamma-HCH in BHC-A were cloned and analysed for their role in the degradation of delta-HCH, and the initial conversion steps in delta-HCH catabolism by LinA and LinB in BHC-A were found. LinA dehydrochlorinated delta-HCH to produce 1,3,4,6-tetrachloro-1,4-cyclohexadiene (1,4-TCDN) via delta-pentachlorocyclohexene (delta-PCCH). Subsequently, both 1,4-TCDN and delta-PCCH are catalysed by LinB via two successive rounds of hydrolytic dechlorinations to form 2,5-dichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diol (2,5-DDOL) and 2,3,5-trichloro-5-cyclohexene-1,4-diol (2,3,5-TCDL) respectively. LinB could also catalyse the hydrolytic dechlorination of delta-HCH to 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4-cyclohexanediol (TDOL) via 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorocyclohexanol (PCHL).

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δ-BHC, PESTANAL®, analytical standard
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δ-BHC, certified reference material, 1000 μg/mL in methanol
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δ-HCH, PESTANAL®, analytical standard