Metobromuron: acetylation of the aniline moiety as a detoxification mechanism.
p-Bromoaniline is rapidly acetylated by four soil microorganisms. Two fungal species convert metobromuron to p-bromoacetanilide, but a bacterial and an algal species do not metabolize metobromuron. Acetylation may serve as a detoxification mechanism by competing with azobenzene formation in utilizing the aniline formed by metabolism of substituted urea herbicides.
D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D001407:Bacillus / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000378:metabolism; D005670:Fusarium / Q000378:metabolism; D006540:Herbicides / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D006540:Herbicides