From (RS)-Nicotine to (R)-6-Hydroxynicotine

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Medline reference
Grether-Beck S, Igloi GL, Pust S, Schilz E, Decker K, Brandsch R. Mol Microbiol (1994) 13(5): 929-36.

Search Medline EC codes for 1.5.99.4.
5 citations on March 09, 2012. 
          (RS)-Nicotine          
                |
                |  acceptor + H2O
       nicotine | /
  dehydrogenase |/
       1.5.99.4 | Search GenBank, 83 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
          Kyoto |\
         ExPASy | \
                |  reduced acceptor
                v
      (R)-6-Hydroxynicotine
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