The enzyme, characterized from Corynebacterium strains able to grow on 2,4-dichlorobenzoate, forms part of the 2,4-dichlorobenzoate degradation pathway.
History
EC 1.21.1.2 created 2000 as EC 1.3.1.63, modified 2011, transferred 2015 to EC 1.21.1.2
NADPH-dependent reductive ortho dehalogenation of 2,4-dichlorobenzoic acid in Corynebacterium sepedonicum KZ-4 and Coryneform bacterium strainNTB-1 via 2,4-dichlorobenzoyl coenzyme A.