From 3,5-Dibromo-4-hydroxybenzoate to 2,6-Dibromophenol

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Medline reference
Verhagen FJ, Swarts HJ, Wijnberg JB, Field JA. Appl Environ Microbiol (1998) 64(9): 3225-31.

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                  3,5-Dibromo-4-hydroxybenzoate                  
                                |
                                |  H+
  3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzoate | /
                  decarboxylase |/
                        4.1.1.- |
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                         ExPASy | \
                                |  CO2
                                v
                        2,6-Dibromophenol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
2- or 3- substituted Carboxylate -----> RH + CO2 (bt0051)
[Bromoxynil (an/aerobic)] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0546.
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