From Methanol to Formaldehyde

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Xia Z, Dai W, Zhang Y, White SA, Boyd GD, Mathews FS. J Mol Biol (1996) 259(3): 480-501.

Search Medline titles for bacterial methanol dehydrogenase.
94 citations on March 09, 2012. 
            Methanol             
                |
                |  cytochrome cL
       methanol | /
  dehydrogenase |/
        1.1.2.7 | Search GenBank, 1839 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
          Kyoto |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  reduced cytochrome cL
                v
          Formaldehyde
Display a pathway starting from this reaction.

EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
primary Alcohol -----> Aldehyde (bt0001)
[C1 Metabolic Cycle] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0238.
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