From Aniline to Catechol

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Liu Z, Yang H, Huang Z, Zhou P, Liu SJ. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2002) 58(5): 679-82.

Search Medline for aniline dioxygenase.
11 citations on August 23, 2012. 
           Aniline           
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              |  O2 + 2H+ + NADH
      aniline | /
  dioxygenase |/
    1.14.12.- | Search GenBank, 43 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
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       ExPASy | \
              |  NAD+
              v
[1-Amino-2-hydro-cis-1,2-dihydroxybenzene]
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              |  NH4+
              v
          Catechol
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Amino-2-unsubstituted aromatic -----> vic-Dihydroxyaromatic + Amine (bt0065)
[Nitrobenzene] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1047.
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