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Entgifter aus der Deponie

18. Juni 2021 | Annette Ryser

Bakterien aus einer indischen Mülldeponie könnten helfen, chemische Altlasten zu beseitigen. Im Fokus stehen Pestizide wie Lindan oder bromierte Flammschutzmittel, die sich in der Natur und in Nahrungsketten anreichern. Forscher der Eawag und der Empa erzeugten mit Hilfe dieser Bakterien Enzyme, die solche Chemikalien zerlegen können.

Können wir den Chemie-Müll vergangener Generationen wieder einsammeln oder unschädlich machen? Der Mikrobiologe Hans Peter Kohler vom Wasserforschungsinstitut Eawag und der Empa-Chemiker Norbert Heeb machten gemeinsam mit Forschenden der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) und zweier indischer Institute die Probe aufs Exempel.

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Titelbild: Avinash Kumar für Unsplash

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  • Empa
  • Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW)

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' (144 chars) title => protected'Transformation of ε-HBCD with the <em>Sphingobium Indicum</em> enzymes LinA
         1, LinA2 and LinATM, a triple mutant of LinA2
' (121 chars) journal => protected'Chemosphere' (11 chars) year => protected2021 (integer) volume => protected267 (integer) issue => protected'' (0 chars) startpage => protected'129217 (12 pp.)' (15 chars) otherpage => protected'' (0 chars) categories => protected'' (0 chars) description => protected'Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) were used as flame-retardants until their ba
         n in 2013. Among the 16 stereoisomers known, ε-HBCD has the highest symmetr
         y. This makes ε-HBCD an interesting substrate to study the selectivity of b
         iotransformations. We expressed three LinA dehydrohalogenase enzymes in <em>
         E. coli</em> bacteria, two wild-type, originating from <em>Sphingobium indic
         um</em> B90A bacteria and LinATM, a triple mutant of LinA2, with mutations o
         f L96C, F113Y and T133 M. These enzymes are involved in the hexachlorocycloh
         exane (HCH) metabolism, specifically of the insecticide γ-HCH (Lindane). We
          studied the reactivity of those eight HBCD stereoisomers found in technical
          HBCD. Furthermore, we compared kinetics and selectivity of these LinA varia
         nts with respect to ε-HBCD. LC-MS data indicate that all enzymes converted
         ε-HBCD to pentabromocyclododecenes (PBCDens). Transformations followed Mich
         aelis-Menten kinetics. Rate constants k<sub>cat</sub> and enzyme specificiti
         es k<sub>cat</sub>/K<sub>M</sub> indicate that ε-HBCD conversion was fastes
         t and most specific with LinA2. Only one PBCDen stereoisomer was formed by L
         inA2, while LinA1 and LinATM produced mixtures of two PBCDE enantiomers at t
         
         
          assume that 1E,5S,6R,9S,10R-PBCDen is the ε-HBCD transformation product fr
         om LinA2. Implementing three amino acids of the LinA1 substrate-binding site
          into LinA2 resulted in a triple mutant with similar kinetics and product sp
         ecificity like LinA1. Thus, point-directed mutagenesis is an interesting too
         l to modify the substrate- and product-specificity of LinA enzymes and enlar
         ge their scope to metabolize other halogenated persistent organic pollutants
          regulated under the Stockholm Convention.
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Heeb, N. V.; Hubeli, J.; Fleischmann, T.; Lienemann, P.; Nayyar, N.; Lal, R.; Kohler, H. P. E. (2021) Transformation of ε-HBCD with the Sphingobium Indicum enzymes LinA1, LinA2 and LinATM, a triple mutant of LinA2, Chemosphere, 267, 129217 (12 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129217, Institutional Repository