Coon S L, Kotob S, Jarvis B B, Wang S, Fuqua W C, Weiner R M
Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1994 Aug;60(8):3006-10. doi: 10.1128/aem.60.8.3006-3010.1994.
Shewanella colwelliana D is a marine procaryote which produces a diffusible brown pigment that correlates with melA gene expression. Previously, melA had been cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli; however, the reaction product of MelA had not been identified. This report identifies that product as homogentisic acid, provides evidence that the pigment is homogentisic acid-melanin (pyomelanin), and suggests that MelA is p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase. This is the first report of pyomelanin in an obligate marine bacterium.
科尔韦尔希瓦氏菌D是一种海洋原核生物,它能产生一种与melA基因表达相关的可扩散棕色色素。此前,melA已被克隆、测序并在大肠杆菌中表达;然而,MelA的反应产物尚未被鉴定。本报告鉴定该产物为尿黑酸,提供了该色素是尿黑酸-黑色素(脓黑素)的证据,并表明MelA是对羟基苯丙酮酸羟化酶。这是关于专性海洋细菌中脓黑素的首次报道。