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Isolation of New 6-methylnicotinic-acid-degrading Bacteria, One of Which Catalyses the Regioselective Hydroxylation of Nicotinic Acid at Position C2

Isolation of New 6-methylnicotinic-acid-degrading Bacteria, One of Which Catalyses the Regioselective Hydroxylation of Nicotinic Acid at Position C2

A Tinschert, A Kiener, K Heinzmann, A Tschech

Arch Microbiol. 1997 Nov;168(5):355-61.

PMID: 9325423

Abstract:

2-Hydroxynicotinic acid is an important building block for herbicides and pharmaceuticals. Enrichment strategies to increase the chances of finding microorganisms capable of hydroxylating at the C2 position and to avoid the degradation of nicotinic acid via the usual intermediate, 6-hydroxynicotinic acid, were used. Three bacterial strains (Mena 23/3-3c, Mena 25/4-1, and Mena 25/ 4-3) were isolated from enrichment cultures with 6-methylnicotinic acid as the sole source of carbon and energy. Partial characterization of these strains indicated that they represent new bacterial species. All three strains completely degraded 6-methylnicotinic acid, and evidence is presented that the first step in the degradation pathway of strain Mena 23/3-3c is hydroxylation at the C2 position. Resting cells of this strain grown on 6-methylnicotinic acid also hydroxylated nicotinic acid at the C2 position, but did not further degrade the product. Strain Mena 23/ 3-3c showed the highest degree of 16S rRNA sequence similarity to members of the genera Ralstonia and Burkholderia.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP3222477	6-Methylnicotinic acid		3222-47-7	Price

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