From 1-Oxa-2-oxocycloheptane to 6-Hydroxyhexanoate

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Medline reference
Donoghue NA, Trudgill PW. Eur J Biochem (1975) 60(1): 1-7.

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1 citations on March 09, 2012. 
               1-Oxa-2-oxocycloheptane               
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                          |  H2O
  1-oxa-2-oxocycloheptane | /
                lactonase |/
                  3.1.1.- |
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                   ExPASy |
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                          v
                 6-Hydroxyhexanoate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Lactone -----> Hydroxycarboxylate (bt0024)
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