From 1-Methylnaphthalene to 1-Hydroxymethylnaphthalene

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

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71 citations on March 09, 2012. 

             1-Methylnaphthalene             
                      |
                      |  NADH + H+ + O2
  1-methylnaphthalene | /
          hydroxylase |/
            1.14.13.- |
                      |\
               ExPASy | \
                      |  NAD+ + H2O
                      v
         1-Hydroxymethylnaphthalene
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
aromatic Methyl -----> primary Alcohol (bt0036)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0795.
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