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Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Jun 1996, 1903-1907, Vol 62, No. 6
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology

Detection of Novel Proline 3-Hydroxylase Activities in Streptomyces and Bacillus spp. by Regio- and Stereospecific Hydroxylation of l-Proline

H Mori, T Shibasaki, Y Uozaki, K Ochiai and A Ozaki
Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., 3-6-6 Asahimachi, Machida, Tokyo 194, Japan

During the screening of microbial proline hydroxylases, novel proline 3-hydroxylase activities, which hydroxylate free l-proline to free cis-3-hydroxy-l-proline, were detected in whole cells of Streptomyces sp. strain TH1 and Bacillus sp. strains TH2 and TH3 from 3,000 strains isolated from soil. The reaction product was purified from a reaction mixture of Streptomyces sp. strain TH1, and its chemical structure was identified as cis-3-hydroxy-l-proline by instrumental analyses. Proline 3-hydroxylase activity was also detected in Streptomyces canus ATCC 12647 which produces the 3-hydroxyproline-containing peptide antibiotic telomycin. Bacillus sp. strains TH2 and TH3 were found to accumulate cis-3-hydroxy-l-proline in culture media at 426 and 352 (mu)M, respectively. It was suggested that hydroxylation occurred in a highly regio- and stereospecific manner at position 3 of l-proline because no hydroxylation product other than cis-3-hydroxy-l-proline was observed. Proline 3-hydroxylases of these strains were first characterized on crude enzyme preparations. Since 2-oxoglutarate and ferrous ion were required for hydroxylation of l-proline, these 3-hydroxylases were thought to belong to a family of 2-oxoglutarate-related dioxygenases. The reaction was inhibited by Co(sup2+), Zn(sup2+), and Cu(sup2+). l-Ascorbic acid accelerated the reaction. The optimum pH and temperature were 7.5 and 35(deg)C, respectively.

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