From Diethylamine to Acetaldehyde and Ethyl amine

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Steenkamp DJ, Mallinson J. Biochim Biophys Acta (1976) 429(3): 705-19.

Search Medline for diethylamine AND trimethylamine dehydrogenase.
2 citations on September 18, 2012. 
           Diethylamine            
                 |
                 |  H2O + FAD
  trimethylamine | /
   dehydrogenase |/
         1.5.8.2 | Search GenBank, 107 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
           Kyoto |\
          ExPASy | \
                 |  FADH2
                 v
    Acetaldehyde + Ethyl amine
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
primary Amine -----> Aldehyde or Ketone (bt0063)
[N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1589.
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