From 3-Chlorocatechol to 3-Chloro-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Riegert U, Heiss G, Fischer P, Stolz A. J Bacteriol (1998) 180(11): 2849-53.

Search Medline for extradiol dioxygenase AND catechol.
64 citations on March 09, 2012. 
                3-Chlorocatechol                 
                        |
                        |  O2
  2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl | /
        1,2-dioxygenase |/
             1.13.11.39 | Search GenBank, 135 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                  Kyoto |\
                 ExPASy | \
                        |   H+
                        v
     3-Chloro-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
vic-Dihydroxybenzenoid -----> extradiol ring cleavage (bt0008)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1022.
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