Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 1995-08-24

Regioselective dioxygenation of ortho-trifluoromethylbenzoate by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 142: evidence for 1,2-dioxygenation as a mechanism in ortho-halobenzoate dehalogenation.

S A Selifonov, J E Gurst, L P Wackett

Index: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 213(3) , 759-67, (1995)

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Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 142 oxidizes 2-halobenzoates via a multicomponent oxygenase (V. Romanov and R.P. Hausinger, J. Bacteriol., 1994, 176(11), 3368-3374). The intermediacy of a highly unstable cis-diol in the reaction has been proposed. Direct evidence for this is currently lacking and the stereochemical course of the reaction cannot be inferred from previous studies. In this study, 2-trifluoromethylbenzoate was stoichiometrically oxidized by P. aeruginosa 142 to a chiral product identified as (-)2-trifluoromethyl-cis-1,2-dihydroxy-3,5-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylic acid. These data rigorously establish a dioxygenative mechanism for 2-halobenzoate metabolism.

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