From 3-Formylsalicylic acid to 2-Hydroxyisophthalic acid

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Phale PS, Mahajan MC, Vaidyanathan CS. Arch Microbiol (1995) 163(1): 42-7.

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          3-Formylsalicylic acid           
                     |
                     |  O2 + H2O
  3-formylsalicylate | /
             oxidase |/
             1.2.3.- |
                     |\
              ExPASy | \
                     |  H2O2
                     v
         2-Hydroxyisophthalic acid
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UM-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Aldehyde -----> Carboxylate (bt0003)
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