Dichloromethane dehalogenase

Definition:

EC Tree > 4 Lyases > 4.5 Carbon-halide lyases > 4.5.1 Carbon-halide lyases (only sub-subclass identified to date) > 4.5.1.3 dichloromethane dehalogenase
Dichloromethane dehalogenase requires glutathione. It cleaves dichloromethane with water into formaldehyde and two chloride ions, used by methylotrophic bacteria that grow on dichloromethane. It appears in viruses and cellular organisms. Structurally it is a glutathione-dependent halide methyltransferase.

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