From Toluene-4-sulfonate to 4-Hydroxytoluene

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Medline reference
Beil S, Kertesz MA, Leisinger T, Cook AM. Microbiology (1996) 142 ( Pt 8): 1989-95.

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13 citations on March 09, 2012. 
             Toluene-4-sulfonate             
                      |
                      |  O2 + 2H+ + 2e-
  toluene-4-sulfonate | /
        monooxygenase |/
             1.14.-.- |
                      |\
               ExPASy | \
                      |  HSO4-
                      v
              4-Hydroxytoluene
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Sulfoaromatic -----> Aromatic alcohol (bt0210)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0296.
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