Enzyme name cis-2,3-dihydrobiphenyl-2,3-diol dehydrogenase
Description cis-3-[2,2-Dichloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)vinyl]-6-chlorocyclohexa-3,5-diene-1,2-diol (cis-2,3-Dihydrodiol-DDE)--------->1,1-Dichloro-2-(dihydroxy-4'-chlorophenyl)-2-(4'-chlorophenyl)ethylene (2,3-Dihydroxy-DDE)
Synonyms 2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dehydrogenase
Biphenyl-2,3-dihydro-2,3-diol dehydrogenase
2,3-dihydroxy-1-phenylcyclohexa-4,6-diene dehydrogenase
biphenyl dihydrodiol dehydrogenase
biphenyl-2,3-dihydrodiol 2,3-dehydrogenase
2,3-dihydro-2,3-dehydroxybiphenyl-2,3-dehydrogenase
Degradation pathway DDT degradation
Reaction catalyzed by enzyme cis-3-[2,2-Dichloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)vinyl]-6-chlorocyclohexa-3,5-diene-1,2-diol (cis-2,3-Dihydrodiol-DDE) <=> 1,1-Dichloro-2-(dihydroxy-4'-chlorophenyl)-2-(4'-chlorophenyl)ethylene (2,3-Dihydroxy-DDE)
Enzyme class Oxidoreductases

BRENDA EC 1.3.1.56
KEGG Orthology ID K08690 
expasy EC 1.3.1.56
Enzyme Database EC 1.3.1.56
Organism Comamonas testosteroni
Status Reviewed
Encoding gene bphB
Gene cluster bhpABCDEF
subnit bphB
Protein Name Cis-2,3-dihydrobiphenyl-2,3-diol dehydrogenase
GenBank ID U57451.1
Protein ID AAB18304.1
UniProtKB ID Q46381

Author Sylvestre et al., 1996
Title Characterization of active recombinant 2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dehydrogenase from Comamonas testosteroni B-356 and sequence of the encoding gene (bphB)
PMID 8702262.0
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Author Masai et al., 1995
Title Characterization of biphenyl catabolic genes of gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1
PMID 7793929.0
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Author Yamada et al., 1998
Title Two nearly identical aromatic compound hydrolase genes in a strong polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1
PMID 9603807.0
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Author Yang et al., 2007
Title Characterization and functional analysis of a novel gene cluster involved in biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain R04
PMID 18045404.0
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