Reductive dechlorination of DDT by haem
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David A. Stotter; R.David Thomas; Michael T. Wilson
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Article
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1977
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Elsevier Science
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DDTl is converted to DDD by reduced myoglobm (rapidly), cytocbrome c oxidase, and a haem-contaiaiig undecapeptide derived from cytocbrome c. Cytochrome c itself is inactive. This demonstrates that an accessible haem site is necessary for the reaction. Spectrophotometric evidence is presented for an