From 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorobenzene to cis-Chlorobenzene dihydrodiol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference

Werlen C, Kohler HP, van der Meer JR. J Biol Chem (1996) 271(8): 4009-16.

Search Medline for chlorobenzene dioxygenase AND bacteria.

16 citations on March 09, 2012.

    1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorobenzene    
                 |
                 |  O2 + NAD(P)H + H+
   chlorobenzene | /
     dioxygenase |/
       1.14.12.- | Search GenBank, 10 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                 |\
          ExPASy | \
                 |  NAD(P)+
                 v
  cis-Chlorobenzene dihydrodiol   

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# r0800.
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