From 2'-Hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate to 2-Hydroxybiphenyl

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Medline reference
Gray KA, Pogrebinsky OS, Mrachko GT, Xi L, Monticello DJ, Squires CH. Nat Biotechnol (1996) 14(13): 1705-9.

Search Medline for dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization.
78 citations on March 09, 2012. 
                  2'-Hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate                   
                                 |
                                 |  H2O
  2'-hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate | /
                     desulfinase |/
                        3.13.1.3 | Search GenBank, 87 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                           Kyoto |\
                          ExPASy | \
                                 |  HSO3-
                                 v
                         2-Hydroxybiphenyl
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
substituted Sulfinate -----> Sulfite + RH (bt0195)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0236.
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