From 2-Hydroxyisobutyrate to 2,3-Dihydroxy-2-methyl propionate

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Medline reference
Steffan RJ, McClay K, Vainberg S, Condee CW, Zhang D. Appl Environ Microbiol (1997) 63(11): 4216-22.

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10 citations on August 16, 2012. 
             2-Hydroxyisobutyrate              
                       |
                       |  O2 + 2H+ + 2e-
  2-hydroxyisobutyrate | /
       3-monooxygenase |/
              1.14.-.- |
                       |\
                ExPASy | \
                       |  H2O
                       v
       2,3-Dihydroxy-2-methyl propionate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
aliphatic Methyl [H0] -----> primary Alcohol (bt0332)
[Methyl tert-butyl ether] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0619.
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