From Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) to Methylamine

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Kertesz MA, Cook AM, Leisinger T. FEMS Microbiol Rev (1994) 15(2-3): 195-215.

Search Medline substances for carbon-phosphorus lyase.
32 citations on March 09, 2012. 

  Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA)   
                   |
                   |  H2O
               C-P | /
             lyase |/
          4.99.1.- | Search GenBank, 326 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                   |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  Pi
                   v
             Methylamine
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Alkylphosphonate -----> R-CH3 + Phosphate (bt0147)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0074.
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