From Carbon Tetrachloride to Chloroform

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Lee CH, Lewis TA, Paszczynski A, Crawford RL. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1999) 261(3): 562-6.
Search Medline for Carbon tetrachloride AND bacteria AND dehalogenation.: 10 citations on March 09, 2012.

                       Carbon Tetrachloride                        
                                 |
                                 |  2e^- + 2H⁺
  carbon tetrachloride reductive | /
                    dehalogenase |/
                        1.97.1.- |
                                 |\
                          ExPASy | \
                                 |  HCl
                                 v
                            Chloroform

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: organoHalide -----> RH (bt0029)

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