From 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate to 2-Hydroxy-4-carboxymuconate semialdehyde

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Noda Y, Nishikawa S, Shiozuka K, Kadokura H, Nakajima H, Yoda K, Katayama Y, Morohoshi N, Haraguchi T, Yamasaki M. J Bacteriol (1990) 172(5): 2704-9.
Search Medline EC codes for 1.13.11.8.: 21 citations on March 09, 2012.

            3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate            
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      protocatechuate | /
      4,5-dioxygenase |/
            1.13.11.8 | Search GenBank, 168 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                Kyoto |
               ExPASy |
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  2-Hydroxy-4-carboxymuconate semialdehyde

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: vic-Dihydroxybenzenoid -----> extradiol ring cleavage (bt0008)

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0144.
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