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EC 1.14.14.173 Details
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1.14.14.173
Accepted name
2,4,6-trichlorophenol monooxygenase
Reaction
(1) 2,4,6-trichlorophenol + FADH2 + O2 = 2,6-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone + Cl- + FAD + H2O;;(2) 2,6-dichlorohydroquinone + FADH2 + O2 = 2-chloro-6-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone + Cl- + FAD + H2O
Other name(s)
tcpA (gene name)
Systematic name
2,4,6-trichlorophenol,FADH2:oxygen oxidoreductase (dechlorinating)
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from a number of bacterial species, participates in the degradation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, a compound that has been used for decades as a wood preservative. The enzyme is a multifunctional flavin-dependent monooxygenase that displaces two chlorine atoms by attacking two different positions in the substrate. Each reaction catalysed by the enzyme displaces a single chlorine and results in formation of a dione, which must be reduced by FADH2 before the monooxygenase could catalyse the second reaction. The large amount of FADH2 that is required is generated by a dedicated flavin reductase (TcpB). cf. EC 1.14.14.172, 3,5,6-trichloropyridin-2-ol monooxygenase.
History
created 2020
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
1.6.5.1 created 1961, deleted 1965 1.14.14.2 created 1972, deleted 1976 1.14.14.4 created 2000, deleted 2002
