From Nitrobenzene to Nitrosobenzene

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Somerville CC, Nishino SF, Spain JC. J Bacteriol (1995) 177(13): 3837-42.
Search Medline for bacterial nitrobenzene nitroreductase.: 42 citations on March 09, 2012.

           Nitrobenzene            
                 |
                 |  NADPH
    nitrobenzene | /
  nitroreductase |/
         1.7.1.- | Search GenBank, 13 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                 |\
          ExPASy | \
                 |  NADP⁺ + OH^-
                 v
          Nitrosobenzene

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