From Dibenzothiophene to Dibenzothiophene-5-oxide

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Gray KA, Pogrebinsky OS, Mrachko GT, Xi L, Monticello DJ, Squires CH. Nat Biotechnol (1996) 14(13): 1705-9.

Search Medline for dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization.
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        Dibenzothiophene         
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                |  O2 + NADH
            DBT | /
  monooxygenase |/
      1.14.13.- | Search GenBank, 13 hits on Aug. 25, 2009
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         ExPASy | \
                |  OH- + NAD+
                v
    Dibenzothiophene-5-oxide
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UM-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
disubstituted Sulfide -----> disubstituted Sulfoxide (bt0162)
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This is the UM-BBD reaction, reacID# r0037.
It was generated on November 24, 2009 7:25:59 AM CST. 

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