From Methanesulfonate to Formaldehyde and Hydrogen Sulfite

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Higgins TP, Davey M, Trickett J, Kelly DP, Murrell JC. Microbiology (1996) 142 ( Pt 2): 251-60.

Search Medline for methanesulfonate monooxygenase.
8 citations on August 02, 2012. 
           Methanesulfonate            
                   |
                   |  O2 + NADH + H+
  methanesulfonate | /
     monooxygenase |/
       1.14.13.111 | Search GenBank, 22 hits on Aug. 02, 2012
             Kyoto |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+ + H2O
                   v
    Formaldehyde + Hydrogen Sulfite
Display a pathway starting from this reaction.

EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Alkylsulfonic acid derivative -----> Aldehyde + Sulfurous acid (bt0286)
[Methanesulfonic Acid] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0343.
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