From 2-Hydroxyisophthalic acid to Salicylate

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Medline reference
Phale PS, Mahajan MC, Vaidyanathan CS. Arch Microbiol (1995) 163(1): 42-7.

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7 citations on March 09, 2012. 
            2-Hydroxyisophthalic acid            
                        |
                        |
  2-hydroxyisophthalate |
          decarboxylase |
                4.1.1.- |
                        |\
                 ExPASy | \
                        |  CO2
                        v
                   Salicylate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
2- or 3- substituted Carboxylate -----> RH + CO2 (bt0051)
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