From 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate to 3-Carboxy-cis,cis-muconate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Ohlendorf DH, Lipscomb JD, Weber PC. Nature (1988) 336(6197): 403-5.

Search Medline titles for protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase.
75 citations on May 31, 2012. 
        3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate        
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  3,4-dioxygenase |/
        1.13.11.3 | Search GenBank, 469 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
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     3-Carboxy-cis,cis-muconate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
vic-Dihydroxyaromatic -----> intradiol ring cleavage (bt0254)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0143.
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