From 4-Sulfobenzoate to 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate

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Graphic of its mechanism.

Medline reference
Locher HH, Leisinger T, Cook AM. Biochem J (1991) 274 ( Pt 3): 833-42.

Search Medline for sulfobenzoate dioxygenase.
5 citations on March 09, 2012. 
           4-Sulfobenzoate           
                  |
                  |  NADH + O2
  4-sulfobenzoate | /
  3,4-dioxygenase |/
        1.14.12.8 | Search GenBank, 10 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
            Kyoto |\
           ExPASy | \
                  |  NAD+ + SO32-
                  v
        3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Sulfo-2-unsubstituted aromatic -----> vic-Dihydroxyaromatic + Sulfonite (bt0128)
[Toluene-4-sulfonate] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0293.
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