From trans-3-Chloroallyl aldehyde to trans-3-Chloroacrylic acid

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Poelarends GJ, Wilkens M, Larkin MJ, van Elsas JD, Janssen DB. Appl Environ Microbiol (1998) 64(8): 2931-6.

Search Medline for bacterial dichloropropene.
49 citations on March 09, 2012. 
           trans-3-Chloroallyl aldehyde            
                         |
                         |  H2O
  aldehyde dehydrogenase | /
                  (NAD+) |/
                 1.2.1.3 | Search GenBank, 1144 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                   Kyoto |\
                  ExPASy | \
                         |  2e- + 2H+
                         v
            trans-3-Chloroacrylic acid
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Aldehyde -----> Carboxylate (bt0003)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0692.
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