From Pentaerythritol tetranitrate to Pentaerythritol trinitrate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
French CE, Nicklin S, Bruce NC. J Bacteriol (1996) 178(22): 6623-7.

Search Medline for bacterial pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase.
19 citations on March 09, 2012. 
  Pentaerythritol tetranitrate   
                |
                |  NADPH
     xenobiotic | /
      reductase |/
       1.6.99.1 | Search GenBank, 92 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
          Kyoto |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  NADP+ + NO2-
                v
   Pentaerythritol trinitrate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
aliphatic Nitroester -----> Hydroxyaliphatic + Nitrite (bt0058)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0025.
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