From Atrazine to Deethylatrazine

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Nagy I, Compernolle F, Ghys K, Vanderleyden J, De Mot R. Appl Environ Microbiol (1995) 61(5): 2056-60.

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34 citations on March 09, 2012. 
            Atrazine             
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                |  1/2O2
       atrazine | /
  monooxygenase |/
      1.14.15.- |
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         ExPASy |
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                v
         Deethylatrazine
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
N-aliphatic-s-triazine -----> Amino-s-triazine (bt0339)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0127.
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