From Tropine to Formaldehyde and Nortropine

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Bartholomew BA, Smith MJ, Trudgill PW, Hopper DJ. Appl Environ Microbiol (1996) 62(9): 3245-50.

Search Medline for bacterial atropine metabolism.
21 citations on March 09, 2012. 
             Tropine             
                |
                |  H2O + O2
        tropine | /
  dehydrogenase |/
        1.5.3.- | Search GenBank, 61 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
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         ExPASy | \
                |  H2O2
                v
    Formaldehyde + Nortropine
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
tertiary Amine -----> secondary Amine + Aldehyde or Ketone (bt0063)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1740.
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