From 2-(Acetylhydrazinylidene)-2-phenylacetate to Benzoylformate

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Reference
Blecher,R.; Koch,U.; Lingens, F. Microbial and Abiotic Degradation of Triazinone Herbicide Metamitron. Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, 86: 93-102 (1979)

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  2-(Acetylhydrazinylidene)-2-phenylacetate   
                       |
                       |  H2O
        benzoylformate | /
      deaminohydrolase |/
               3.5.3.- |
                       |\
                ExPASy | \
                       |  C2H6N2O
                       v
                Benzoylformate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Hydrazonoethanoate derivative -----> Formylhydrazine derivative + Glyoxylate derivative (bt0405)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1510.
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