From 2-Chloroethanol to Chloroacetaldehyde

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Xia Z, Dai W, Zhang Y, White SA, Boyd GD, Mathews FS. J Mol Biol (1996) 259(3): 480-501.
Search Medline for PQQ-dependent AND alcohol AND dehydrogenase.: 37 citations on March 09, 2012.

         2-Chloroethanol         
                |
                |  cytochrome cL
       methanol | /
  dehydrogenase |/
        1.1.2.7 | Search GenBank, 1839 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
          Kyoto |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  reduced cytochrome cL
                v
       Chloroacetaldehyde

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: primary Alcohol -----> Aldehyde (bt0001)

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0002.
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