From Toluene to 4-Hydroxytoluene

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Yen KM, Karl MR, Blatt LM, Simon MJ, Winter RB, Fausset PR, Lu HS, Harcourt AA, Chen KK. J Bacteriol (1991) 173(17): 5315-27.

Search Medline for toluene 4-monooxygenase.
65 citations on March 09, 2012. 
               Toluene               
                  |
                  |  NADH + H+ + O2
          toluene | /
  4-monooxygenase |/
        1.14.13.- | Search GenBank, 59 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                  |\
           ExPASy | \
                  |  NAD+ + H2O
                  v
          4-Hydroxytoluene
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
monosubstituted Benzenoid -----> Add p-OH (bt0013)
[Toluene] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0255.
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