From p-Methylbenzyl alcohol to p-Tolualdehyde

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Biegert T, Altenschmidt U, Eckerskorn C, Fuchs G. Arch Microbiol (1995) 163(6): 418-23.
Search Medline for benzylalcohol dehydrogenase.: 5 citations on June 21, 2012.

      p-Methylbenzyl alcohol       
                 |
                 |  NAD⁺
  benzyl alcohol | /
   dehydrogenase |/
        1.1.1.90 | Search GenBank, 48 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
           Kyoto |\
          ExPASy | \
                 |  NADH + H⁺
                 v
          p-Tolualdehyde

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: primary Alcohol -----> Aldehyde (bt0001)

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