From 1,2-Dihydroxy-6-methylcyclohexa-3,5-dienecarboxylate to 3-Methylcatechol

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Medline reference
Higson FK, Focht DD. Appl Environ Microbiol (1992) 58(1): 194-200.

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7 citations on June 21, 2012. 
                             1,2-Dihydroxy-6-methylcyclohexa-3,5-dienecarboxylate                              
                                                       |
                                                       |  NAD+
  1,2-dihydroxy-6-methylcyclohexa-3,5-dienecarboxylate | /
                                         dehydrogenase |/
                                              1.3.1.68 |
                                                 Kyoto |\
                                                ExPASy | \
                                                       |  NADH + H+ + CO2
                                                       v
                                               3-Methylcatechol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Carboxy-1,2-dihydroxy-2-hydrobenzenoid -----> Catechol derivative (bt0056)
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