From 2-Chlorobenzoate to Catechol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Fetzner S, Muller R, Lingens F. Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler (1989) 370(11): 1173-82.

Search Medline for chlorobenzoate 1,2-dioxygenase.
1 citations on March 09, 2012. 
          2-Chlorobenzoate           
                  |
                  |  NADH + H+ + O2
   2-halobenzoate | /
  1,2-dioxygenase |/
       1.14.12.13 | Search GenBank, 1 hits on Jan. 22, 2013
            Kyoto |\
           ExPASy | \
                  |  NAD+ + Cl- + CO2
                  v
              Catechol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Carboxy-2-haloaromatic -----> 1,2-Dihydroxyaromatic (bt0072)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0632.
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