From Cyclohepta-1,3,5-trione to 4,6-Dioxoheptanoate

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Medline reference
Bartholomew BA, Smith MJ, Trudgill PW, Hopper DJ. Appl Environ Microbiol (1996) 62(9): 3245-50.

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               Cyclohepta-1,3,5-trione               
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                          |  H2O
  cyclohepta-1,3,5-trione | /
                hydrolase |/
                  3.7.1.- |
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                   ExPASy |
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                          v
                 4,6-Dioxoheptanoate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1,3-Diketone -----> Ketone + Carboxylate (bt0373)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1742.
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