From 1,1,2-Trichloroethylene to Ethylene

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Magnuson JK, Stern RV, Gossett JM, Zinder SH, Burris DR. Appl Environ Microbiol (1998) 64(4): 1270-5.
Search Medline for tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase.: 13 citations on August 21, 2012.

                   1,1,2-Trichloroethylene                   
                              |
                              |  6H⁺ + 6e^-
  tetrachloroethene reductive | /
                 dehalogenase |/
                     1.97.1.8 | Search GenBank, 84 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                        Kyoto |\
                       ExPASy | \
                              |  3HCl
                              v
                          Ethylene

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

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