文摘
A pendimethalin nitroreductase was purified from Bacillus circulans to 52-fold increase with a recovery of 21.1% and had a specific activity of 4.16 U/mg. The molecular weight was 27 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature were 7.5 and 35°C, respectively. Fe2+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Mn2+ did not cause any effect on the enzyme activity, whereas Ag+, Hg2+ significantly inhibited it. The pendimethalin nitroreductase from B. circulans required NADPH as cofactor. It was not affected by GSH, DTT, L-Cys and β-mercaptoethanol but inhibited by p-hydroxymercuribenzoate, N-ethylmaleimide, and iodoacetamide. EDTA, 1,10-phenanthroline and α,α-dipyridyl had a moderate effect on the enzyme activity. The nitroreductase reduced all the tested nitroaromatic compounds but was more active towards pendimethalin and trifluralin. The KM and Vmax for the enzyme reaction using pendimethalin as a substrate were 4.35 μM and 620 μmoles mg? min?, respectively. The broad substrate specificity towards dinitroaniline herbicides suggested the enzyme to be used as a potent reducing agent of these toxic compounds. This is the first report for the purification and characterization of pendimethalin nitroreductase from any bacterial or fungal species.