Monooxygenase and Related Systems

Environmental Degradation and Transformation of Organic Chemicals CH3(CH2)e-CH20H 

FIGURE 2.9 Reactions mediated by the monooxygenase system of methanotrophic bacteria. 

The following illustrate some of the biotransformations that have been observed with Nitrosomonas europaea. These are particularly interesting since this organism has an obligate 

FIGURE 2.11 Metabolism by Nitrosomonas europaea (a) benzene, (b) 2-chloro-6-trichloromethylpyridine. 

The oxidation of methyl fluoride to formaldehyde (Hyman et al. 1994), and of chloro-alkanes at carbon atoms substituted with a single chlorine atom to the corresponding aldehyde (Rasche et al. 1991). 

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