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. 1969 Feb;111(3):303-7.
doi: 10.1042/bj1110303.

Oxoenoic acids as metabolites in the bacterial degradation of catechols

R C Bayly, S Dagley

Oxoenoic acids as metabolites in the bacterial degradation of catechols

R C Bayly et al. Biochem J. 1969 Feb.

Abstract

1. Partially purified extracts of a Pseudomonas converted the meta ring-fission product of 4-methylcatechol into a compound having spectroscopic and chemical properties consistent with its being 2-oxohex-4-enoic acid. 2. Catechol and 3-methylcatechol were both metabolized to a compound that appeared to be 2-oxopent-4-enoic acid. 3. Solutions of norvaline and norleucine were prepared from these metabolites. 4. A reaction scheme is presented for the conversion of catechols into hydroxyoxo acids after meta ring-fission.

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