IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.8.1.7

Accepted name: 4-chlorobenzoyl-CoA dehalogenase

Reaction: 4-chlorobenzoyl-CoA + H2O = 4-hydroxybenzoyl CoA + chloride

Systematic name: 4-chlorobenzoyl CoA chlorohydrolase

Comments: specific for dehalogenation at the 4-position. Can dehalogenate substrates bearing fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine in the 4-position. This enzyme is part of the bacterial 2,4-dichlorobenzoate degradation pathway.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, UM-BBD, CAS registry number: 141583-18-8

References:

1. Chang, K.H., Liang, P.H., Beck, W., Scholten, J.D., Dunaway-Mariano, D. Isolation and characterization of the three polypeptide components of 4-chlorobenzoate dehalogenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain CBS-3. Biochemistry 31 (1992) 5605-5610. [PMID: 1610806]

2. Crooks, G.P., Copley, S.D. Purification and characterization of 4-chlorobenzoyl CoA dehalogenase from Arthrobacter sp. strain 4-CB1. Biochemistry, 33 (1994) 11645-11649. [PMID: 7918379]

[EC 3.8.1.7 created 1999]


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