title: Dehalogenation in environmental biotechnology.
abstract: During the past year, the field of dehalogenation has seen rapid progress in the identification of novel organisms, the sequencing of new genes, and the delineation of mechanisms for important enzymes. Newly identified anaerobic organisms are beginning to offer insights into a previously obscure, but important, group of bacteria involved in environmental dehalogenation. An important series of X-ray structure determinations have provided key knowledge for understanding and, ultimately, engineering biodehalogenation catalysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, St Paul 55108-1022.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Wackett
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006219:Halogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D015202:Protein Engineering
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D004798:Enzymes; D006219:Halogens