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Reviews on structure and function of aromatic­ring­cleavage dioxygenases

  1. Bugg, T.D.H. and Winfield, C.J. (1998) Enzymatic cleavage of aromatic rings: mechanistic aspects of the catechol dioxygenases and later enzymes of bacterial oxidative cleavage pathways. Nat. Prod. Rep. 15, 513-530.
  2. Commandeur, L.C. and Parsons, J.R. (1990) Degradation of halogenated aromatic compounds. Biodegradation 1, 207-220.
  3. Copley, S.D. (1997) Diverse mechanistic approaches to difficult chemical transformations: microbial dehalogenation of chlorinated aromatic compounds. Chemistry & Biology 4, 169-174.
  4. Furukawa, K. (1994) Molecular genetics and evolutionary relationship of PCB­degrading bacteria. Biodegradation 5, 289-300.
  5. Furukawa, K. and Kimura, N. (1995) Biochemistry and genetics of PCB metabolism. Environ. Health Perspect. 103, Suppl. 5, 21-23.
  6. Furukawa, K., Tomizuka, N. and Kamibayashi, A. (1981) Bacterial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and their metabolites. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 136, 407-418.
  7. Harayama, S., Kok, M. and Neidle, E.L. (1992) Functional and evolutionary relationships among diverse oxygenases. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 46, 565-601.
  8. Que, L., Jr. (1980) Non­heme iron dioxygenases. Structure and mechanism. Structure and Bonding 40, 39-72.
  9. Que, L., Jr. (1983) The catechol dioxygenases. In Theil, E.C., Eichhorn, G.L. and Marzilli, L.G., Eds. Advances in Inorganic Biochemistry, vol. 5: Iron Binding Proteins without Cofactors or Sulfur Clusters. Elsevier, New York, pp. 167-199.
  10. Que, L., Jr. and Ho, R.Y.N. (1996) Dioxygen activation by enzymes with mononuclear non­heme iron active sites. Chem. Rev. 96, 2607-2624.
  11. van der Meer, J.R. (1997) Evolution of novel metabolic pathways for the degradation of chloroaromatic compounds. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 71, 159-178.
  12. Williams, P.A. and Sayers, J.R. (1994) The evolution of pathways for aromatic hydrocarbon oxidation in Pseudomonas. Biodegradation 5, 195-217.
Bibliography on structural studies of extradiol aromatic­ring­cleavage dioxygenases
Bibliography on structural studies of intradiol aromatic­ring­cleavage dioxygenases