From Cyclohexane to Cyclohexanol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Brzostowicz PC, Walters DM, Jackson RE, Halsey KH, Ni H, Rouviere PE. Environ Microbiol (2005) 7(2): 179-90.

Search Medline titles for butane monooxygenase.
8 citations on August 29, 2012. 
           Cyclohexane           
                |
                |  O2 + NAD(P)H + H+
         butane | /
  monooxygenase |/
      1.14.15.- | Search GenBank, 2 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  NAD(P)+ + H2O
                v
          Cyclohexanol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
secondary Aliphatic -----> secondary Alcohol (bt0242)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1059.
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