From 4,6-Dichloro-3-methylcatechol to 3,5-Dichloro-3-methyl-cis,cis-muconate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Pollmann K, Kaschabek S, Wray V, Reineke W, Pieper DH. J Bacteriol (2002) 184(19): 5261-74.

Search Medline for chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase.
69 citations on March 09, 2012. 
                  4,6-Dichloro-3-methylcatechol                  
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                                |  O2
  4,6-dichloro-3-methylcatechol | /
                1,2-dioxygenase |/
                      1.13.11.- | Search GenBank, 214 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
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                         ExPASy | \
                                |  2H+
                                v
             3,5-Dichloro-3-methyl-cis,cis-muconate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
vic-Dihydroxyaromatic -----> intradiol ring cleavage (bt0254)
[2,4-Dichlorotoluene] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0959.
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