From Toluene-4-sulfonate to 4-Methylcatechol

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Medline reference
Junker F, Leisinger T, Cook AM. Microbiology (1994) 140 ( Pt 7): 1713-22.

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13 citations on March 09, 2012. 
                 Toluene-4-sulfonate                 
                          |
                          |  NADH + O2 + H+
  2-aminobenzenesulfonate | /
              dioxygenase |/
                1.14.12.- |
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                   ExPASy | \
                          |  NAD+
                          v
         [Toluene-4-sulfonate-3,4-cis-diol]          
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                          | \
                          |  HSO3-
                          v
                  4-Methylcatechol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Sulfo-2-unsubstituted aromatic -----> vic-Dihydroxyaromatic + Sulfonite (bt0128)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0294.
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