From Toluene-4-sulfonate to 4-Methylcatechol

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Medline reference
Junker F, Leisinger T, Cook AM. Microbiology (1994) 140 ( Pt 7): 1713-22.

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3 citations on June 26, 2008. 
          Toluene-4-sulfonate          
                   |
                   |  NADH + O2 + H+
  benzenesulfonate | /
       dioxygenase |/
         1.14.12.- |
                   |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+
                   v
  [Toluene-4-sulfonate-3,4-cis-diol]   
                   |
                   |
                   |
                   |
                   |\
                   | \
                   |  HSO3-
                   v
           4-Methylcatechol
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UM-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Sulfo-2-unsubstituted aromatic -----> vic-Dihydroxyaromatic + Sulfonite (bt0128)
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This is the UM-BBD reaction, reacID# r0295.
It was generated on November 24, 2009 7:41:41 AM CST. 

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