From p-Methylbenzyl alcohol to p-Tolualdehyde

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Biegert T, Altenschmidt U, Eckerskorn C, Fuchs G. Arch Microbiol (1995) 163(6): 418-23.

Search Medline for benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase.
76 citations on June 26, 2008.

      p-Methylbenzyl alcohol       
                 |
                 |  NAD+
  benzyl alcohol | /
   dehydrogenase |/
        1.1.1.90 | Search GenBank, 24 hits on Sep. 22, 2008
           Kyoto |\
          ExPASy | \
                 |  NADH + H+
                 v
          p-Tolualdehyde           
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UM-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
primary Alcohol -----> Aldehyde (bt0001)

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This is the UM-BBD reaction, reacID# r0176.
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