From Toluene-4-sulfonate to 4-Methylcatechol

Graphic of the reaction.

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

Search Medline for benzenesulfonate dioxygenase.
3 citations on March 09, 2012. 
          Toluene-4-sulfonate          
                   |
                   |  NADH + O2 + H+
  benzenesulfonate | /
       dioxygenase |/
         1.14.12.- |
                   |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+
                   v
  [Toluene-4-sulfonate-3,4-cis-diol]   
                   |
                   |
                   |
                   |
                   |\
                   | \
                   |  HSO3-
                   v
           4-Methylcatechol
Display a pathway starting from this reaction.

EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Sulfo-2-unsubstituted aromatic -----> vic-Dihydroxyaromatic + Sulfonite (bt0128)
[Toluene-4-sulfonate] [BBD Main Menu]

Page Author(s): Ryan McLeish
August 14, 2005 Contact Us

This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0295.
It was generated on November 21, 2024 at 7:26:54 AM CST. 

© 2024, EAWAG.