Role of Dehalogenases in Aerobic Bacterial Degradation of Chlorinated Aromatic Compounds

Figure 4

Dioxygenase type dehalogenation of (a) 4-chlorophenylacetate by 4-chlorophenylacetate-3,4-dioxygenase; (b) 2-chlorobenzoate by a halobenzoate dehalogenase and (c) 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene by a chlorobenzene dioxygenase.

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