From Tetrachloroethene to 1,1,2-Trichloroethylene

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Neumann A, Wohlfarth G, Diekert G. J Biol Chem (1996) 271(28): 16515-9.

Search Medline for tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase.
13 citations on August 02, 2012. 
                      Tetrachloroethene                      
                              |
                              |  2H+ + 2e-
  tetrachloroethene reductive | /
                 dehalogenase |/
                     1.97.1.8 | Search GenBank, 84 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                        Kyoto |\
                       ExPASy | \
                              |  HCl
                              v
                   1,1,2-Trichloroethylene
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
organoHalide -----> RH (bt0029)
[Tetrachloroethene (anaerobic)] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0349.
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