From Mordant Yellow 3 to 5-Aminosalicylate and 6-Amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid

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Medline reference
Haug W, Schmidt A, Nortemann B, Hempel DC, Stolz A, Knackmuss HJ. Appl Environ Microbiol (1991) 57(11): 3144-9.

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                     Mordant Yellow 3                      
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                             |  2NADH + 2H+
                             | /
                azoreductase |/
                     1.7.1.6 | Search GenBank, 730 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
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                      ExPASy | \
                             |  2NAD+
                             v
  5-Aminosalicylate + 6-Amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Diazene -----> RNH2 + R'NH2 (bt0146)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0808.
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