From 2'-Hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate to 2-Hydroxybiphenyl

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.

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                  2'-Hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate                   
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                                 |  H2O
  2'-hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate | /
                     desulfinase |/
                        3.13.1.3 | Search GenBank, 13 hits on Jun. 27, 2008
                           Kyoto |\
                          ExPASy | \
                                 |  HSO3-
                                 v
                         2-Hydroxybiphenyl
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UM-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
substituted Sulfinate -----> Sulfite + RH (bt0195)
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This is the UM-BBD reaction, reacID# r0236.
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