From n-Octane to 1-Octanol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Peters J, Witholt B. Biochim Biophys Acta (1994) 1196(2): 145-53.

Search Medline for alkane 1-monooxygenase.
72 citations on March 09, 2012. 
              n-Octane               
                  |
                  |  Reducedrubredoxin + O2
           alkane | /
  1-monooxygenase |/
        1.14.15.3 | Search GenBank, 684 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
            Kyoto |\
           ExPASy | \
                  |  Oxidizedrubredoxin + H2O
                  v
              1-Octanol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
aliphatic Methyl [H2] -----> primary Alcohol (bt0334)
[n-Octane] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0021.
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