From Methyl ethyl ketone to Ethyl acetate

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Medline reference
Eubanks EF, Forney FW, Larson AD. J Bacteriol (1974) 120(3): 1133-43.

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    Methyl ethyl ketone    
             |
             |  O2
  2-butanone | /
     oxidase |/
     1.2.3.- |
             |\
      ExPASy | \
             |  H2O
             v
       Ethyl acetate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
methyl Ketone -----> Alkyl acetate (bt0423)
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