From Acenaphthylene to 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-acenaphthylenediol

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Medline reference
Selifonov SA, Grifoll M, Eaton RW, Chapman PJ. Appl Environ Microbiol (1996) 62(2): 507-14.

Search Medline for bacterial acenaphthalene metabolism.
18 citations on March 09, 2012. 
            Acenaphthylene             
                   |
                   |  O2 + NADH + H+
       naphthalene | /
   1,2-dioxygenase |/
        1.14.12.12 | Search GenBank, 95 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
             Kyoto |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+
                   v
  1,2-Dihydro-1,2-acenaphthylenediol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
vic-Dihydronaphthalene derivative -----> vic-Dihydroxytetrahydronaphthalene derivative (bt0416)
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