From Benzyl sulfide to Benzyl sulfoxide

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Lei B, Tu SC. J Bacteriol (1996) 178(19): 5699-705.

Search Medline for sulfide sulfoxide monooxygenase.
71 citations on June 26, 2008. 
         Benzyl sulfide          
                |
                |  O2 + NADH
            DBT | /
  monooxygenase |/
      1.14.13.- | Search GenBank, 13 hits on Aug. 25, 2009
                |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  OH- + NAD+
                v
        Benzyl sulfoxide
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UM-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
disubstituted Sulfide -----> disubstituted Sulfoxide (bt0162)
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This is the UM-BBD reaction, reacID# r1016.
It was generated on November 24, 2009 7:20:50 AM CST. 

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