From Dibenzofuran to 2,2',3-Trihydroxybiphenyl

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Bunz PV, Cook AM. J Bacteriol (1993) 175(20): 6467-75.

Search Medline for dibenzofuran 4,4a-dioxygenase.
6 citations on May 30, 2012. 
             Dibenzofuran              
                   |
                   |  NADH + O2 + H+
      dibenzofuran | /
  4,4a-dioxygenase |/
         1.14.12.- | Search GenBank, 3 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
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            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+
                   v
       2,2',3-Trihydroxybiphenyl
Display a pathway starting from this reaction.

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# r0026.
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