The EAWAG-BBD gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane Pathway

• Chlorohydroquinone -----> Hydroquinone (reacID# r0555)
• 2,5-Dichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diol -----> 2,5-Dichlorohydroquinone (reacID# r0553)
• 2,5-Dichlorohydroquinone -----> Chlorohydroquinone (reacID# r0554)
• gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane -----> 1,3(R),4(S),5(S),6(R)-Pentachlorocyclohexene (reacID# r0549)
• 1,3(R),4(S),5(S),6(R)-Pentachlorocyclohexene -----> 1,3(R),4,6(R)-Tetrachloro-1,4-cyclohexadiene (reacID# r0550)
• 1,3(R),4(S),5(S),6(R)-Pentachlorocyclohexene -----> 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene (reacID# r0750)
• 1,3(R),4(S),5(S),6(R)-Pentachlorocyclohexene -----> 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene (reacID# r0751)
• 1,3(R),4,6(R)-Tetrachloro-1,4-cyclohexadiene -----> 2,4,5-Trichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-ol (reacID# r0551)
• 1,3(R),4,6(R)-Tetrachloro-1,4-cyclohexadiene -----> 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene (reacID# r0556)
• 2,4,5-Trichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-ol -----> 2,5-Dichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diol (reacID# r0552)
• 2,4,5-Trichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-ol -----> 2,5-Dichlorophenol (reacID# r0557)

• Chlorohydroquinone [615-67-8] (compID# c0544)
• 2,5-Dichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diol (compID# c0543)
• 2,5-Dichlorohydroquinone [824-69-1] (compID# c0364)
• 2,5-Dichlorophenol [583-78-8] (compID# c0545)
• gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane [58-89-9] (compID# c0141)
• Hydroquinone [123-31-9] (compID# c0091)
• 1,3(R),4(S),5(S),6(R)-Pentachlorocyclohexene [319-94-8] (compID# c0514)
• 1,3(R),4,6(R)-Tetrachloro-1,4-cyclohexadiene (compID# c0522)
• 2,4,5-Trichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-ol (compID# c0536)
• 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene [87-61-6] (compID# c0687)
• 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene [120-82-1] (compID# c0465)

• EC 1.3.1.- 2,5-dichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diol dehydrogenase (enzymeID# e0362)
• EC 1.97.1.- 2,5-dichlorohydroquinone reductive dechlorinase (enzymeID# e0366)
• EC 3.8.1.5 haloalkane dehalogenase (enzymeID# e0003)
• EC 4.5.1.- gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase (enzymeID# e0359)

Page Author(s): Jiri Damborsky, Yuji Nagata, Thanh Trinh and Jenny Kang
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