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Article: Biodegradation of dimethyl terephthalate by Pasteurella multocida Sa follows an alternative biochemical pathway

TitleBiodegradation of dimethyl terephthalate by Pasteurella multocida Sa follows an alternative biochemical pathway
Authors
KeywordsBiodegradation
Dimethyl terephthalate
Esterase
Plasticiser
Trans-esterification
Issue Date2006
PublisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0963-9292
Citation
Ecotoxicology, 2006, v. 15 n. 4, p. 391-397 How to Cite?
AbstractPasteurella multocida Sa, a bacterial strain isolated from mangrove sediment by enrichment technique, was capable of transforming dimethyl terephthalate (DMT). Biodegradation of DMT was shown to take place as a series of sequential steps involving the hydrolysis of two ester linkages between the carboxyl groups of the terephthalate and the methyl side-chain initially to produce mono-methyl terephthalate (MMT) and then terephthalic acid (TA), respectively. However, with ethanol as the carrying solvent, there was a formation of one metabolite previously not observed. The two metabolites were characterized by high performance-liquid chromatography-electron ionization mass spectrometry as MMT and mono-ethyl terephthalate (MET), suggesting the existence of an alternative biochemical pathway in the degradation of DMT by P. multocida Sa. Since the presence of MMT and ethanol in culture inoculated with P. multocida Sa was prerequisites for the formation of MET, biologically mediated trans-esterification was proposed as a mechanism for the novel biochemical process observed. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/73182
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.646
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dc.contributor.authorGu, JDen_HK
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dc.date.issued2006en_HK
dc.identifier.citationEcotoxicology, 2006, v. 15 n. 4, p. 391-397en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0963-9292en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/73182-
dc.description.abstractPasteurella multocida Sa, a bacterial strain isolated from mangrove sediment by enrichment technique, was capable of transforming dimethyl terephthalate (DMT). Biodegradation of DMT was shown to take place as a series of sequential steps involving the hydrolysis of two ester linkages between the carboxyl groups of the terephthalate and the methyl side-chain initially to produce mono-methyl terephthalate (MMT) and then terephthalic acid (TA), respectively. However, with ethanol as the carrying solvent, there was a formation of one metabolite previously not observed. The two metabolites were characterized by high performance-liquid chromatography-electron ionization mass spectrometry as MMT and mono-ethyl terephthalate (MET), suggesting the existence of an alternative biochemical pathway in the degradation of DMT by P. multocida Sa. Since the presence of MMT and ethanol in culture inoculated with P. multocida Sa was prerequisites for the formation of MET, biologically mediated trans-esterification was proposed as a mechanism for the novel biochemical process observed. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0963-9292en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofEcotoxicologyen_HK
dc.subjectBiodegradationen_HK
dc.subjectDimethyl terephthalateen_HK
dc.subjectEsteraseen_HK
dc.subjectPlasticiseren_HK
dc.subjectTrans-esterificationen_HK
dc.titleBiodegradation of dimethyl terephthalate by Pasteurella multocida Sa follows an alternative biochemical pathwayen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailGu, JD: jdgu@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10646-006-0070-8en_HK
dc.identifier.pmid16676217en_HK
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