Dichloromethane dehalogenase

Dichloromethane dehalogenase (EC 4.5.1.3; systematic name dichloromethane chloride-lyase (adding H₂O; chloride-hydrolysing; formaldehyde-forming)) is a lyase enzyme that generates formaldehyde.^[1]

dichloromethane + H₂O = formaldehyde + 2 chloride

Dichloromethane dehalogenase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.5.1.3
CAS no.	97002-70-5
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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