Provided herein are DNAzymes conjugated to an organic moiety and methods of facilitating entry of DNAzymes into bacteria, utilizing same. Also provided are methods of targeting bacterial target genes, methods of treating or inhibiting the progression of bacterial infections, and methods of increasing susceptibility of bacteria to an antibiotic, using the described DNAzymes, which are optionally capable of silencing at least one target gene of bacteria and/or rendering bacteria susceptible to antibiotic treatment.

Disclosed herein are reactions, methods, reagents and compositions that utilize a nonheme iron halogenase enzyme to prepare compounds.