Abstract
Laccases are multicopper oxidase family enzymes that can oxidize various substrates. In this study, we isolated laccase-producing Acinetobacter spp. from the environment, and one isolate of laccase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii, designated NI-65, was identified. The NI-65 strain exhibited constitutive production of extracellular laccase in a crude extract using 2,6-dimethoxyphenol as a substrate when supplemented with 2 mM CuSO4. Whole-genome sequencing of the NI-65 strain revealed a genome size of 3.6 Mb with 3,471 protein-coding sequences. The phylogenetic analysis showed high similarity to the genome of A. baumannii NCIMB8209. Three laccase proteins, PcoA and CopA, that belong to bacterial CopA superfamilies, and LAC-AB, that belongs to the I-bacterial bilirubin oxidase superfamily, were identified. These proteins were encoded by three laccase-coding genes (pcoA, copA, and lac-AB). The lac-AB gene showed a sequence similar to that of polyphenol oxidase (PPO). Gene clusters encoding the catabolized compounds involved in the utilization of plant substances and secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene clusters encoding antimicrobial compounds were identified. This is the first report of whole-genome sequencing of laccase-producing A. baumannii, and the data from this study help to elucidate the genome of A. baumannii to facilitate its application in synthetic biology for enzyme production.
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