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Naphthalene dioxygenase

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NDO

Petroleum hydrocarbons

Aerobic hydrocarbon oxidation

Contaminant degrading enzyme

qPCR Target Information

Naphthalene dioxygenase is a multicomponent bacterial enzyme system that catalyzes the initial oxidation of aromatic compounds like naphthalene. Naphthalene dioxygenase (NDO) is a multi-component bacterial enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of naphthalene and other aromatic compounds into cis-dihydrodiols by adding both atoms of molecular oxygen to the substrate. This reaction is the first step in the metabolic degradation of naphthalene by bacterian.

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