Biology:Dichloromethane dehalogenase
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| Dichloromethane dehalogenase | |||||||||
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| EC number | 4.5.1.3 | ||||||||
| CAS number | 97002-70-5 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Dichloromethane dehalogenase (EC 4.5.1.3; systematic name dichloromethane chloride-lyase (adding H2O; chloride-hydrolysing; formaldehyde-forming)) is a lyase enzyme that generates formaldehyde.[1]
- dichloromethane + H2O = formaldehyde + 2 chloride
Glutathione is required for its activity.
References
- ↑ "Dichloromethane dehalogenase of Hyphomicrobium sp. strain DM2". Journal of Bacteriology 162 (2): 676–81. May 1985. PMID 3988708.
External links
- Dichloromethane+dehalogenase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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