From N-Methylmorpholine-N-oxide to N-Methylmorpholine

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Medline reference
Iobbi-Nivol C, Pommier J, Simala-Grant J, Mejean V, Giordano G. Biochim Biophys Acta (1996) 1294(1): 77-82.

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16 citations on March 09, 2012. 
            N-Methylmorpholine-N-oxide             
                         |
                         |  NADH + H+
  trimethylamine-N-oxide | /
               reductase |/
                 1.6.6.9 | Search GenBank, 305 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                   Kyoto |\
                  ExPASy | \
                         |  NAD+ + H2O
                         v
                N-Methylmorpholine
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
tri-substituted Amine N-oxide -----> tertiary Amine (bt0408)
[N-Methylmorpholine-N-oxide] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1569.
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