Nitroaromatic compounds, from synthesis to biodegradation

KS Ju, RE Parales - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitroaromatic compounds are relatively rare in nature and have been introduced into the
environment mainly by human activities. This important class of industrial chemicals is …

The enzymatic basis for pesticide bioremediation

C Scott, G Pandey, CJ Hartley, CJ Jackson… - Indian Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Enzymes are central to the biology of many pesticides, influencing their modes of action,
environmental fates and mechanisms of target species resistance. Since the introduction of …

Elucidating the Role of O2 Uncoupling in the Oxidative Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants by Rieske Non-heme Iron Dioxygenases

CE Bopp, NM Bernet, HPE Kohler… - ACS Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Oxygenations of aromatic soil and water contaminants with molecular O2 catalyzed by
Rieske dioxygenases are frequent initial steps of biodegradation in natural and engineered …

Structural insight into the dioxygenation of nitroarene compounds: the crystal structure of nitrobenzene dioxygenase

R Friemann, MM Ivkovic-Jensen, DJ Lessner… - Journal of molecular …, 2005 - Elsevier
Nitroaromatic compounds are used extensively in many industrial processes and have been
released into the environment where they are considered environmental pollutants …

Elucidating the Role of O2 Uncoupling for the Adaptation of Bacterial Biodegradation Reactions Catalyzed by Rieske Oxygenases

CE Bopp, NM Bernet, F Meyer, R Khan… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Oxygenation of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons by Rieske oxygenases is the initial step
of various biodegradation pathways for environmental organic contaminants …

Characterization of a naphthalene dioxygenase endowed with an exceptionally broad substrate specificity toward polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Y Jouanneau, C Meyer, J Jakoncic, V Stojanoff… - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
In Sphingomonas CHY-1, a single ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase is responsible for the
initial attack of a range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) composed of up to five …

Aromatic ring hydroxylating dioxygenases

RE Parales, SM Resnick - Pseudomonas: Volume 4 Molecular Biology of …, 2006 - Springer
5. Conclusions Aromatic ring hydroxylating dioxygenases play a key role in the
biodegradation of numerous environmental pollutants, both in the natural environment (via …

Investigation of the electronic and optical activity of halogen-substituted 2-nitrotoulene by density functional theory

S Lakhera, M Rana, K Devlal - Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2023 - Springer
The enhancement of Nonlinear optical (NLO) activity of the 2-nitrotoulene (2NT) after the
substitution of the halogens (F, Cl, Br, and I) at the para position of the benzene ring was …

Biotechnological production of chiral organic sulfoxides: current state and perspectives

T Matsui, Y Dekishima, M Ueda - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2014 - Springer
Chiral organic sulfoxides (COSs) are important compounds that act as chiral auxiliaries in
numerous asymmetric reactions and as intermediates in chiral drug synthesis. In addition to …

A Recently Assembled Degradation Pathway for 2,3-Dichloronitrobenzene in Diaphorobacter sp. Strain JS3051

T Li, YZ Gao, J Xu, ST Zhang, Y Guo, JC Spain… - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Diaphorobacter sp. strain JS3051 utilizes 2, 3-dichloronitrobenzene (23DCNB), a toxic
anthropogenic compound, as the sole carbon, nitrogen, and energy source for growth, but …