From Styrene to Styrene cis-glycol

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Medline reference
Warhurst AM, Clarke KF, Hill RA, Holt RA, Fewson CA. Appl Environ Microbiol (1994) 60(4): 1137-45.

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           Styrene           
              |
              |  O2 + NADH + H+
      styrene | /
  dioxygenase |/
    1.14.12.- |
              |\
       ExPASy | \
              |  NAD+
              v
     Styrene cis-glycol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
mono-carbon-substituted Benzenoid -----> 1-substituted-2,3-dihydrodihydroxy Benzenoid (bt0369)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0256.
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