From Nitrofen to p-Nitrophenol and 2,4-Dichlorophenol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Hiratsuka N, Wariishi H, Tanaka H. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2001) 57(4): 563-71.

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6 citations on September 18, 2012. 
               Nitrofen                
                   |
                   |  NADH + O2 + H+
          nitrofen | /
   1,2-dioxygenase |/
         1.14.12.- |
                   |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+
                   v
  p-Nitrophenol + 2,4-Dichlorophenol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
polynuclear Aromatic system -----> 1,2-dioxygenation and cleavage at connecting atom (bt0374)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1630.
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