From Carbon Tetrachloride to Chloroform

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Medline reference
Lee CH, Lewis TA, Paszczynski A, Crawford RL. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1999) 261(3): 562-6.

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                       Carbon Tetrachloride                        
                                 |
                                 |  2e- + 2H+
  carbon tetrachloride reductive | /
                    dehalogenase |/
                        1.97.1.- |
                                 |\
                          ExPASy | \
                                 |  HCl
                                 v
                            Chloroform
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
organoHalide -----> RH (bt0029)
[Carbon Tetrachloride (anaerobic)] [BBD Main Menu]

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