From 1,4-Dichlorobenzene to 3,6-Dichloro-cis-1,2-dihydroxycyclohexa-3,5-diene

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Medline reference
Spiess E, Sommer C, Gorisch H. Appl Environ Microbiol (1995) 61(11): 3884-8.

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18 citations on March 09, 2012. 
                 1,4-Dichlorobenzene                  
                           |
                           |  O2 + NADH + H+
             chlorobenzene | /
               dioxygenase |/
                 1.14.12.- | Search GenBank, 10 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                           |\
                    ExPASy | \
                           |  NAD+
                           v
  3,6-Dichloro-cis-1,2-dihydroxycyclohexa-3,5-diene
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
vic-unsubstituted Aromatic -----> vic-Dihydrodihydroxyaromatic (bt0367)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0653.
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