Pentachlorophenol monooxygenase (
EC1.14.13.50, pentachlorophenol dechlorinase, pentachlorophenol dehalogenase, pentachlorophenol 4-monooxygenase, PCP hydroxylase, pentachlorophenol hydroxylase, PcpB, PCB 4-monooxygenase, PCB4MO) is an
enzyme with
systematic namepentachlorophenol,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (hydroxylating, dechlorinating).[1][2][3][4][5] This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
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PMID8619798.
^Nakamura T, Motoyama T, Hirono S, Yamaguchi I (August 2004). "Identification, characterization, and site-directed mutagenesis of recombinant pentachlorophenol 4-monooxygenase". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1700 (2): 151–9.
doi:
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PMID15262224.