Pyrimidine and Related Compounds Excluding Purines

Pyrimidine and Related Compounds Excluding Purines Aerobic Conditions 

The degradation or transformation of only a few halogenated azaarenes has been examined under aerobic conditions  

FIGU RE 10.28 Anaerobic biodegradation of (a) orotic acid and (b) nracil. (FromNeilson, A.H. and Allard, A.-S., The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 3J, pp. 1-80, Springer, Heidelberg, 1998. With permission.) 

An enzyme may also carry out gratuitons dehalogenation even though this is not its primary fnnction  

Unusual 2-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenations have been found in the yeast Rhodotorula glutinis  

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