From Phenanthrene-4-carboxylate to cis-3,4-Phenanthrenedihydrodiol-4-carboxylate

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Medline reference
Rehmann K, Noll HP, Steinberg CE, Kettrup AA. Chemosphere (1998) 36(14): 2977-92.

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                Phenanthrene-4-carboxylate                 
                             |
                             |  O2 + NADH + H+
  phenanthrene-4-carboxylate | /
                 dioxygenase |/
                   1.14.12.- |
                             |\
                      ExPASy | \
                             |  NAD+
                             v
       cis-3,4-Phenanthrenedihydrodiol-4-carboxylate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-carboxy-2-unsubstituted Aromatic -----> 1-Carboxy-1,2-dihydroxy-2-hydroaromatic (bt0368)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0939.
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