EC 4.5.1.1 - DDT-dehydrochlorinase

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EC 4.5.1.1

Names

Accepted name:
DDT-dehydrochlorinase
Other names:
DDT-ase
1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane chloride-lyase
DDTase
Systematic name:
1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane chloride-lyase [1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene-forming]

Reaction

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Enzymes and pathways: NC-IUBMB , BRENDA , ExplorEnz , ENZYME@ExPASy , KEGG , MetaCyc , UM-BBD , UniPathway
Structural data: CSA , EC2PDB
Gene Ontology: GO:0018833
CAS Registry Number: 9031-20-3
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:

References

  1. Lipke, H. and Kearns, C.W.
    DDT dechlorinase. I. Isolation, chemical properties, and spectrophotometric assay.
    J. Biol. Chem. 234 : 2123-2128 (1959). [PMID: 13673024]
  2. Lipke, H. and Kearns, C.W.
    DDT dechlorinase. II. Substrate and cofactor specificity.
    J. Biol. Chem. 234 : 2129-2132 (1959). [PMID: 13673025]
  3. Moorefield, H.H.
    Purification of DDT-dehydrochlorinase from resistant houseflies.
    Contr. Boyce Thompson Inst. 18 : 303-310 (1956).

[EC 4.5.1.1 created 1961]