dehalogenase

A dehalogenase is a type of enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a halogen atom from a substrate.{{Cite journal|last1=Jugder|first1=Bat-Erdene|last2=Ertan|first2=Haluk|last3=Lee|first3=Matthew|last4=Manefield|first4=Michael|last5=Marquis|first5=Christopher P.|date=2015-10-01|title=Reductive Dehalogenases Come of Age in Biological Destruction of Organohalides|journal=Trends in Biotechnology|language=English|volume=33|issue=10|pages=595–610|doi=10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.07.004|pmid=26409778|issn=0167-7799}}{{Cite journal|last1=Jugder|first1=Bat-Erdene|last2=Ertan|first2=Haluk|last3=Bohl|first3=Susanne|last4=Lee|first4=Matthew|last5=Marquis|first5=Christopher P.|last6=Manefield|first6=Michael|date=2016|title=Organohalide Respiring Bacteria and Reductive Dehalogenases: Key Tools in Organohalide Bioremediation|journal=Frontiers in Microbiology|language=English|volume=7|pages=249|doi=10.3389/fmicb.2016.00249|issn=1664-302X|pmc=4771760|pmid=26973626|doi-access=free}}

Examples include:

• Reductive dehalogenases
• 4-chlorobenzoate dehalogenase
• 4-chlorobenzoyl-CoA dehalogenase
• Dichloromethane dehalogenase
• Fluoroacetate dehydrogenase
• Haloacetate dehalogenase
• (R)-2-haloacid dehalogenase
• (S)-2-haloacid dehalogenase
• Haloalkane dehalogenase
• Halohydrin dehalogenase
• Haloacetate dehalogenase
• Tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase