The rapid development of chemical industry has induced to the large amount of phenolic wastewater production. When the promising anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) was employed to treat the industrial wastewater, phenolic compounds would possibly inhibit the microbial performance. Extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) play an essential role in protecting cells from being intoxicated by phenolic compound while the distinct mechanism remains elusive. In this work, the interaction of phenol with anammox sludge EPSs and transmembrane ammonium transport (Amt) domain was explored at molecular level by using spectral method and molecular docking simulation. It was found that phenol statically quenched the fluorescent components of EPSs and the protein component dominated the interaction between EPSs and phenol. The overall interaction was an entropy-driven process with hydrophobic interaction as the main driving force, and the CO vibration responded preferentially. As phenol continued to penetrate into the cell surface, there were hydrogen bond, hydrophobic interaction force and π-π base-stacking forces between the Amt domain and phenol. The interaction between phenol and amino acid residues of the Amt domain would interfere the NH transport and further affect the activity of anammox sludge. This work is beneficial for in-depth understanding the role of EPSs in protecting anammox sludge from inhibiting by phenolic pollutants.
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