Tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase
In enzymology, a tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase (EC 1.97.1.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- trichloroethene + chloride + acceptor
tetrachloroethene + reduced acceptor
The 3 substrates of this enzyme are trichloroethene, chloride, and acceptor, whereas its two products are tetrachloroethene and reduced acceptor.
This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is acceptor:trichloroethene oxidoreductase (chlorinating). This enzyme is also called tetrachloroethene reductase. This enzyme participates in tetrachloroethene degradation.
Note that the physiologically relevant reaction actually occurs in the reverse direction from that shown above. In other words, in the bacterial species where this enzyme is found, tetrachloroethene is reductively dechlorinated to trichloroethene and chloride.
This enzyme is one member of a family of enzymes including trichloroethene dehalogenase and vinyl chloride dehalogenase. The other members of this family do not have their own EC numbers at present.
References
- Holliger C, Wohlfarth G and Diekert G (1998). "Reductive dechlorination in the energy metabolism of anaerobic bacteria". FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 22 (5): 383–398. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.1998.tb00377.x.
- Glod G, Angst W, Holliger C and Schwarzenbach RP (1997). "Corrinoid-mediated reduction of tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, and trichlorofluoroethene in homogeneous aqueous solution: Reaction kinetics and reaction mechanisms". Environ. Sci. Technol. 31 (1): 253–260. doi:10.1021/es9603867.
- Neumann A, Wohlfarth G, Diekert G (1996). "Purification and characterization of tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase from Dehalospirillum multivorans". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (28): 16515–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.28.16515. PMID 8663199.
- Schumacher W, Holliger C, Zehnder AJ, Hagen WR (1997). "Redox chemistry of cobalamin and iron-sulfur cofactors in the tetrachloroethene reductase of Dehalobacter restrictus". FEBS Lett. 409 (3): 421–5. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00520-6. PMID 9224702.
- Schumacher W, Holliger C (1996). "The proton/electron ration of the menaquinone-dependent electron transport from dihydrogen to tetrachloroethene in "Dehalobacter restrictus"". J. Bacteriol. 178 (8): 2328–33. PMC 177941. PMID 8636034.
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