From 2-[(3-Hydroxy(phenyl)methyl)phenyl]-propanoate to 2-{3-[(2,3-Dihydroxyphenyl)(hydroxy)methyl]phenyl}propanoate

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Medline reference
Quintana JB, Weiss S, Reemtsma T. Water Res (2005) 39(12): 2654-64.

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                          2-[(3-Hydroxy(phenyl)methyl)phenyl]-propanoate                           
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                                                 |  O2 + 2e- + 2H+
  2-[(3-hydroxy(phenyl)methyl)phenyl]-propanoate | /
                                     dioxygenase |/
                                        1.14.-.- |
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                  [2-{3-[(2,3-Dihydroxyphenyl)(hydroxy)methyl]phenyl}propanoate]                   
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                                                 |  2e- + 2H+
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                   2-{3-[(2,3-Dihydroxyphenyl)(hydroxy)methyl]phenyl}propanoate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
mono-carbon-substituted Benzenoid -----> 1-substituted-2,3-dihydroxy Benzenoid (bt0353)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1645.
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