From Dibenzothiophene-5-oxide to Dibenzothiophene-5,5-dioxide

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Gray KA, Pogrebinsky OS, Mrachko GT, Xi L, Monticello DJ, Squires CH. Nat Biotechnol (1996) 14(13): 1705-9.

Search Medline for dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization.
78 citations on March 09, 2012. 
    Dibenzothiophene-5-oxide     
                |
                |  O2 + NADH
            DBT | /
  monooxygenase |/
      1.14.13.- | Search GenBank, 14 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  OH- + NAD+
                v
  Dibenzothiophene-5,5-dioxide
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
di-[C,O]-substituted Sulfoxide -----> di-[C,O]-substituted Sulfone (bt0193)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0038.
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