From Butyrolactone to 4-Hydroxybutanoate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Curragh H, Flynn O, Larkin MJ, Stafford TM, Hamilton JT, Harper DB. Microbiology (1994) 140 ( Pt 6): 1433-42.

Search Medline for butanes/metabolism AND butyrolactone.
1 citations on March 09, 2012. 
          Butyrolactone          
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                |  H2O
  butyrolactone | /
      hydrolase |/
        3.1.1.- |
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         ExPASy |
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                v
       4-Hydroxybutanoate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Lactone -----> Hydroxycarboxylate (bt0024)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0016.
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