Biodegradation of atrazine and related s-triazine compounds: from enzymes to field studies

@article{Wackett2001BiodegradationOA,
  title={Biodegradation of atrazine and related s-triazine compounds: from enzymes to field studies},
  author={Lawrence P. Wackett and Michael Jay Sadowsky and Betsy Martinez and Nir Shapir},
  journal={Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology},
  year={2001},
  volume={58},
  pages={39-45}
}
Abstract.s-Triazine ring compounds are common industrial chemicals: pesticides, resin intermediates, dyes, and explosives. The fate of these compounds in the environment is directly correlated with the ability of microbes to metabolize them. Microbes metabolize melamine and the triazine herbicides such as atrazine via enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis reactions. Hydrolytic removal of substituents on the s-triazine ring is catalyzed by enzymes from the amidohydrolase superfamily and yields cyanuric… 
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