From 4-Hydroxy-3-nitrophenylpyruvate to 4-Hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetate

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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-nitrophenylpyruvate                   
                                  |
                                  |  1/2 O2
  4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylpyruvate | /
                          oxidase |/
                          1.2.3.- |
                                  |\
                           ExPASy | \
                                  |  CO2
                                  v
                   4-Hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
2-Ketocarboxylate -----> Carboxylate + CO2 (bt0082)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1599.
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