From Benzyl sulfoxide to Benzyl sulfone

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Lei B, Tu SC. J Bacteriol (1996) 178(19): 5699-705.

Search Medline titles for dibenzothiophene monooxygenase.
6 citations on August 23, 2012. 
        Benzyl sulfoxide         
                |
                |  O2 + NADH
            DBT | /
  monooxygenase |/
      1.14.13.- | Search GenBank, 14 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  OH- + NAD+
                v
         Benzyl sulfone
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
di-[C,O]-substituted Sulfoxide -----> di-[C,O]-substituted Sulfone (bt0193)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1018.
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