From Atrazine to Hydroxyatrazine

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
de Souza ML, Wackett LP, Boundy-Mills KL, Mandelbaum RT, Sadowsky MJ. Appl Environ Microbiol (1995) 61(9): 3373-8.

Search Medline titles for atrazine chlorohydrolase.
12 citations on June 12, 2012.

QT Animation (23k) 
              Atrazine               
                  |
                  |  H2O
         atrazine | /
  chlorohydrolase |/
          3.8.1.8 | Search GenBank, 341 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
            Kyoto |\
           ExPASy | \
                  |  HCl
                  v
           Hydroxyatrazine
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-halo or 1-pseudohalo-s-Triazine -----> 1-hydroxy-s-Triazine (bt0330)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0113.
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