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Toluene dioxygenase

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TBD

Petroleum hydrocarbons

Aerobic hydrocarbon oxidation

Contaminant degrading enzyme

qPCR Target Information

Toluene dioxygenase is an enzyme system, notably found in Pseudomonas putida, that converts toluene and other aromatic hydrocarbons to cis-dihydrodiols by adding two atoms of oxygen to the aromatic ring.

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