From O,S-Dimethyl hydrogen phosphorothioate to Methanethiol and Methylphosphate

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Medline reference
Wang L, Wen Y, Guo X, Wang G, Li S, Jiang J. Biodegradation (2010) 21(4): 513-23.

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                             O,S-Dimethyl hydrogen phosphorothioate                              
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                                                |  H2O
         O,S-dimethyl hydrogen phosphorothioate | /
                                       esterase |/
                                        3.1.8.- |
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                                         ExPASy |
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                                                v
                                 Methanethiol + Methylphosphate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Cyanophosphate derivative -----> Phosphate derivative + cyanide (bt0432)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1713.
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