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From: Metabolic analysis of the soil microbe Dechloromonas aromatica str. RCB: indications of a surprisingly complex life-style and cryptic anaerobic pathways for aromatic degradation

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Aerobic degradation of aromatic compounds: multiple Mhp-like dioxygenase clusters. Each of the six mhp-like gene clusters in the D. aromatica genome is depicted. Recent gene duplications between individual proteins are shown by a purple connector between duplicates. Naming convention was chosen for simplicity and consistency, and names all proteins paralogous to a given Mhp protein with the Mhp name (MhpABCDEF or R), but does not imply enzymatic specificity for the substrates listed here-in, though the general enzymatic reaction is highly likely to be conserved. Mhp: meta cleavage of hpp, (hydroxyphenyl)propionate. MhpA, 3HPP hydroxylase; MhpB, DHPP 1,2-dioxygenase; MhpC, 2-hydroxy-6-ketonona-2,4-dienedioate hydrolase; MhpD, 2, deto-4-pentenoate hydratase; MhpE, 4-hydroxy-2-ketovalerate aldolas; MhpF, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase.

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