From Pentaerythritol trinitrate to Pentaerythritol dinitrate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
French CE, Nicklin S, Bruce NC. J Bacteriol (1996) 178(22): 6623-7.

Search Medline for bacterial pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase.
19 citations on March 09, 2012. 
  Pentaerythritol trinitrate   
               |
               |  NADPH
    xenobiotic | /
     reductase |/
      1.6.99.1 | Search GenBank, 92 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
         Kyoto |\
        ExPASy | \
               |  NADP+ + NO2-
               v
   Pentaerythritol dinitrate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
aliphatic Nitroester -----> Hydroxyaliphatic + Nitrite (bt0058)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0031.
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