From 6-Amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid to 6-Amino-1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene

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Medline reference
Carredano E, Karlsson A, Kauppi B, Choudhury D, Parales RE, Parales JV, Lee K, Gibson DT, Eklund H, Ramaswamy S. J Mol Biol (2000) 296(2): 701-12.

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  6-Amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid   
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                   |  NADH + H+ + O2
       naphthalene | /
   1,2-dioxygenase |/
        1.14.12.12 | Search GenBank, 95 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
             Kyoto |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+
                   v
[6-Amino-1-hydro-cis-1,2-dihydroxy naphthyl-2-sulfonic acid]
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                   | \
                   |  H+ + HSO3-
                   v
   6-Amino-1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene
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