From Nitrosobenzene to Hydroxylaminobenzene

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Somerville CC, Nishino SF, Spain JC. J Bacteriol (1995) 177(13): 3837-42.
Search Medline for bacterial nitrobenzene nitroreductase.: 47 citations on June 26, 2008.

          Nitrosobenzene           
                 |
                 |  NADPH + H⁺
    nitrobenzene | /
  nitroreductase |/
         1.7.1.- | Search GenBank, 5 hits on Jun. 27, 2008
                 |\
          ExPASy | \
                 |  NADP⁺
                 v
       Hydroxylaminobenzene

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UM-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: Nitroso -----> Hydroxylamine (bt0034)

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This is the UM-BBD reaction, reacID# r0303.
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