From Phenol to Catechol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Enroth C, Neujahr H, Schneider G, Lindqvist Y. Structure (1998) 6(5): 605-17.

Search Medline titles for bacterial phenol 2-monooxygenase OR phenol hydroxylase.
50 citations on March 09, 2012. 
               Phenol                
                  |
                  |  NADPH + O2
           phenol | /
  2-monooxygenase |/
        1.14.13.7 | Search GenBank, 528 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
            Kyoto |\
           ExPASy | \
                  |  NADP+ + OH-
                  v
              Catechol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Hydroxy-2-unsubstituted aromatic -----> 1,2-Dihydroxyaromatic (bt0014)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0696.
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