From Dimethyl Sulfide to Methanethiol and Formaldehyde

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Reference
De Bont, J. A. M., van Dijken, J. P., & Harder, W. (1981). Journal of General Microbiology, 127, 315-323.

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           Dimethyl Sulfide            
                   |
                   |  NADH + O2
  dimethyl sulfide | /
     monooxygenase |/
         1.14.13.- |
                   |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+ + OH-
                   v
      Methanethiol + Formaldehyde
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
disubstituted Sulfide -----> Aldehyde + Sulfide (bt0259)
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