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EC 1.21.4.5 Details
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1.21.4.5
Accepted name
tetrachlorohydroquinone reductive dehalogenase
Reaction
(1) 2,6-dichlorohydroquinone + Cl- + glutathione disulfide = 2,3,6-trichlorohydroquinone + 2 glutathione;;(2) 2,3,6-trichlorohydroquinone + Cl- + glutathione disulfide = 2,3,5,6-tetrachlorohydroquinone + 2 glutathione
Other name(s)
pcpC (gene name)
Systematic name
glutathione disulfide:2,6-dichlorohydroquinone (chlorinating)
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Sphingobium chlorophenolicum, converts tetrachlorohydroquinone to 2,6-dichlorohydroquinone in two steps, via 2,3,6-trichlorohydroquinone, using glutathione as the reducing agent. The enzyme is sensitive to oxidation - when an internal L-cysteine residue is oxidized, the enzyme produces 2,3,5-trichloro-6-(glutathion-S-yl)-hydroquinone and 2,6-dichloro-3-(glutathion-S-yl)-hydroquinone instead of its normal products.
History
created 2018
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
1.6.2.1 created 1961, deleted 1965 1.6.2.3 created 1972, deleted 1965 1.6.7.1 created 1972, deleted 1978 1.6.7.2 created 1972, deleted 1978 1.6.7.3 created 1978, deleted 1978
