From 4-Hydroxymethylsalicylate to 4-Hydroxymethylcatechol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Mahajan MC, Phale PS, Vaidyanathan CS. Arch Microbiol (1994) 161(5): 425-33.

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49 citations on March 09, 2012. 
  4-Hydroxymethylsalicylate   
               |
               |  NADH + O2 + 2H+
    salicylate | /
   hydroxylase |/
     1.14.13.1 | Search GenBank, 647 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
         Kyoto |\
        ExPASy | \
               |  NAD+ + H2O + CO2
               v
   4-Hydroxymethylcatechol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
vic-Hydroxycarboxyaromatic -----> Catechol derivative (bt0060)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0768.
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