Cleaves the products from biphenol, 3-isopropylcatechol and 3-methylcatechol produced by EC 1.13.11.39 biphenyl-2,3-diol 1,2-dioxygenase, by ring-fission at a -CO-C bond. Involved in the breakdown of biphenyl-related compounds by Pseudomonas sp.
Purification and some properties of a 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid hydrolyzing enzyme from Pseudomonas cruciviae S93 B1 involved in the degradation of biphenyl.