From 4-Hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetate to 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetate

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Medline reference
Nishino SF, Spain JC. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 72(2): 1040-4.

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                  4-Hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetate                   
                                 |
                                 |  O2 + NADH + H+
  4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetate | /
                   monooxygenase |/
                       1.14.13.- |
                                 |\
                          ExPASy | \
                                 |  NO2- + NAD+ + H2O
                                 v
                    3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
2-Nitrophenol derivative -----> Catechol derivative (bt0383)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1597.
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