From Carbazole to 2'-Aminobiphenyl-2,3-diol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Sato SI, Ouchiyama N, Kimura T, Nojiri H, Yamane H, Omori T. J Bacteriol (1997) 179(15): 4841-9.

Search Medline titles for carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase.
16 citations on August 07, 2012. 
               Carbazole               
                   |
                   |  NADH + O2 + H+
         carbazole | /
  1,9a-dioxygenase |/
        1.14.12.22 | Search GenBank, 17 hits on Aug. 07, 2012
             Kyoto |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  NAD+
                   v
       2'-Aminobiphenyl-2,3-diol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
polynuclear Aromatic system -----> 1,2-dioxygenation and cleavage at connecting atom (bt0374)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0456.
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