PcpA, which is involved in the degradation of pentachlorophenol in Sphingomonas chlorophenolica ATCC39723, is a novel type of ring‐cleavage dioxygenase
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- 12 October 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 459 (3) , 395-398
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01305-8
Abstract
The pentachlorophenol (PCP) mineralizing bacterium Sphingomonas chlorophenolica ATCC39723 degrades PCP via 2,6‐dichlorohydroquinone (2,6‐DCHQ). The pathway converting PCP to 2,6‐DCHQ has been establi...Keywords
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