From Nitrilotriacetate to Glyoxylate and Iminodiacetate

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Medline reference
Xu Y, Mortimer MW, Fisher TS, Kahn ML, Brockman FJ, Xun L. J Bacteriol (1997) 179(4): 1112-6.

Search Medline for nitrilotriacetate monooxygenase.
10 citations on March 09, 2012. 
            Nitrilotriacetate            
                    |
                    |  FMNH2 + H+ + O2
  nitrilotriacetate | /
      monooxygenase |/
         1.14.14.10 | Search GenBank, 147 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
              Kyoto |\
             ExPASy | \
                    |  FMN + H2O
                    v
       Glyoxylate + Iminodiacetate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
tertiary Amine -----> secondary Amine + Aldehyde or Ketone (bt0063)
[Nitrilotriacetate (an/aerobic)] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0587.
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