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- Title
Novel caffeine degradation gene cluster is mega-plasmid encoded in Paraburkholderia caffeinilytica CF1.
- Authors
Sun, Di; Yang, Xueying; Zeng, Chao; Li, Bo; Wang, Yi; Zhang, Chunzhi; Hu, Wenzhong; Li, Xianzhen; Gao, Ziqing
- Abstract
The widespread use of caffeine in food and drug industries has caused great environmental pollution. Herein, an efficient caffeine-degrading strain Paraburkholderia caffeinilytica CF1 isolated from a tea garden in China can utilize caffeine as its sole carbon and nitrogen source. Combination of chromatographic and spectrophotometric techniques confirmed that strain CF1 adopts N-demethylation pathway for caffeine degradation. Whole genome sequencing of strain CF1 reveals that it has two chromosomes with sizes 3.62 Mb and 4.53 Mb, and a 174-kb mega-plasmid. The plasmid P1 specifically harbors the genes essential for caffeine metabolism. By analyzing the sequence alignment and quantitative real-time PCR data, the redundant gene cluster of caffeine degradation was elucidated. Genes related to catalyzing the N1-demethylation of caffeine to theobromine, the first step of caffeine degradation were heterologously expressed, and methylxanthine N1-demethylase was purified and characterized. Above all, this study systematically unravels the molecular mechanism of caffeine degradation by Paraburkholderia. Key Points: • Caffeine degradation cluster in Paraburkholderia caffeinilytica CF1 was located in mega-plasmid P1. • The whole genome and the caffeine degrading pathway of P. caffeinilytica CF1 were sequenced and elucidated, respectively. • This study succeeded in heterologous expression of methylxanthine N1-demethylase (CdnA) and Rieske oxygenase reductase (CdnD) and illuminated the roles of CdnA and CdnD in caffeine degradation of P. caffeinilytica CF1.
- Subjects
CHINA; GENE clusters; PLASMIDS; CAFFEINE; PLASMID genetics; SEQUENCE alignment; POLLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing
- Publication
Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2020, Vol 104, Issue 7, p3025
- ISSN
0175-7598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00253-020-10384-7