From Benzyl sulfoxide to Benzyl sulfone

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Medline reference
Van Hamme JD, Wong ET, Dettman H, Gray MR, Pickard MA. Appl Environ Microbiol (2003) 69(2): 1320-4.

Search Medline for dibenzyl sulfoxide metabolism.
4 citations on March 09, 2012. 
        Benzyl sulfoxide         
                |
                |  reduced flavoprotein + O2
     unspecific | /
  monooxygenase |/
      1.14.14.1 | Search GenBank, 211 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
          Kyoto |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  oxidized flavoprotein + H2O
                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# r1019.
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