From 1-Naphthoic acid to cis-1,2-Dihydroxy-1,2-dihydro-8-carboxynaphthalene

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Medline reference
Phale PS, Mahajan MC, Vaidyanathan CS. Arch Microbiol (1995) 163(1): 42-7.

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                   1-Naphthoic acid                    
                           |
                           |  NADH + O2 + H+
          1-naphthoic acid | /
               dioxygenase |/
                 1.14.12.- |
                           |\
                    ExPASy | \
                           |  NAD+
                           v
  cis-1,2-Dihydroxy-1,2-dihydro-8-carboxynaphthalene
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
vic-unsubstituted Aromatic -----> vic-Dihydrodihydroxyaromatic (bt0367)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0773.
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