From 1-Ketoacenaphthalene to 1-Hydroxy-2-ketoacenaphthene

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Medline reference
Selifonov SA, Chapman PJ, Akkerman SB, Gurst JE, Bortiatynski JM, Nanny MA, Hatcher PG. Appl Environ Microbiol (1998) 64(4): 1447-53.

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             1-Ketoacenaphthalene              
                       |
                       |  O2 + 2H+ + 2e-
  1-ketoacenaphthalene | /
       2-monooxygenase |/
               1.1.-.- |
                       |\
                ExPASy | \
                       |  H2O
                       v
         1-Hydroxy-2-ketoacenaphthene
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
secondary Aliphatic -----> secondary Alcohol (bt0242)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1825.
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