Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 682-686.doi: 10.11934/j.issn.1673-4831.2016.04.026

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A New Method for Determining Activity of CMEPA Hydrolase

WANG Fei1,2, LI Zhou-kun2, DONG Wei-liang2, CUI Zhong-li2   

  1. 1. Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Agricultural Microbial Resources/College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Microbiological Engineering Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
  • Received:2015-08-30 Online:2016-07-25 Published:2016-07-26

Abstract:

A new method for rapid determination of the activity of 2'-methyl-6'-ethyl-2-chloroacetanilide(CMEPA) hydrolase in Delftia acidovorans T3-6 was established. CMEPA hydrolase can hydrolyze CMEPA into 2-methyl-6-ethyl-aniline (MEA), which, in turn, reacts with 4-aminoantipyrene in 20 mmol·L-1 Tris-HCl (pH 7.0) buffer to produce a compound, purple in color, with absorbancy at 535 nm(y) positively related to the concentration of MEA(x) in the range of 10-50 μmol·L-1. The linear equation goes as y=0.014 6x-0.005 4, R2=0.9988. The compounds of CMEPA, SDS, organic reagent such as methanol and 1 mmol·L-1 metal ions have no significant effect on chromogenic reaction, whereas temperature and pH does. Compared with the dichloromethane extraction-UV spectrophotometry method, the 4-aminoantipyrene colorimetric method does not vary much in determining enzymatic activity of T3-6 crude enzyme. This method is also applicable to the determination of other derivatives of aniline and phenol.

Key words: 2-methyl-6-ethyl-aniline (MEA), 4-aminoantipyrinechromogenic method, spectrophotometry, Delftia acidovorans T3-6

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