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- Title
Phylogenetic Analyses of Microbial Hydrolytic Dehalogenases Reveal Polyphyletic Origin.
- Authors
Lal, Devi; Pandey, Himani; Lal, Rup
- Abstract
Hydrolytic dehalogenases form an important class of dehalogenases that include haloacid dehalogenase, haloalkane dehalogenase, haloacetate dehalogenase, and atrazine chlorohydrolase. These enzymes are involved in biodegradation of various environmental pollutants and therefore it is important to understand their phylogeny. In the present study, it was found that the enzymes haloalkane and haloacetate dehalogenases share a common ancestry with enzymes such as carboxyesterase, epoxide hydrolase, and lipases, which can be traced to ancestral α/β hydrolase fold enzyme. Haloacid dehalogenases and atrazine chlorohydrolases have probabaly evolved from ancestral enzymes with phosphatase and deaminases activity, respectively. These findings were supported by the similarities in the secondary structure, key catalytic motifs and placement of catalytic residues. The phylogeny of haloalkane dehalogenases and haloacid dehalogenases differs from 16S rRNA gene phylogeny, suggesting spread through horizontal gene transfer. Hydrolytic dehalogenases are polyphyletic and do not share a common evolutionay history, the functional similarities are due to convergent evolution. The present study also identifies key functional residues, mutating which, can help in generating better enzymes for clean up of the persistent environmental pollutants using enzymatic bioremediation.
- Subjects
DEHALOGENASES; POLLUTANTS; HORIZONTAL gene transfer; PERSISTENT pollutants; EPOXIDE hydrolase; LIPASES; DENATURING gradient gel electrophoresis
- Publication
Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2022, Vol 62, Issue 4, p651
- ISSN
0046-8991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12088-022-01043-8