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3.8.1.8

Accepted name:

atrazine chlorohydrolase

Reaction:

atrazine + H₂O = hydroxyatrazine + chloride

For diagram of atrazine catabolism, click here

Glossary:

atrazine = 6-chloro-N-ethyl-N′-isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine
hydroxyatrazine = 4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-1,3,5-triazin-2-ol

Other name(s):

AtzA

Systematic name:

atrazine chlorohydrolase

Comments:

Involved in the degradation of the herbicide atrazine, 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-1,3,5-triazine, in bacteria.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 168680-16-8

References:

1.	de Souza, M.L., Wackett, L.P., Boundy-Mills, K.L., Mandelbaum, R.T. and Sadowsky, M.J. Cloning, characterization, and expression of a gene region from Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP involved in the dechlorination of atrazine. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61 (1995) 3373–3378. [PMID: 7574646]
2.	de Souza, M.L., Sadowsky, M.J. and Wackett, L.P. Atrazine chlorohydrolase from Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP: gene sequence, enzyme purification, and protein characterization. J. Bacteriol. 178 (1996) 4894–4900. [DOI] [PMID: 8759853]

[EC 3.8.1.8 created 2000, modified 2011]