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Metabolism of 2-aminophenol by Pseudomonas sp. AP-3: modified meta-cleavage pathway
S Takenaka1, S Murakami, R Shinke
1Division of Science of Biological Resources, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokko, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Archives of Microbiology
|July 31, 1998
Abstract:
A novel pathway for 2-aminophenol metabolism by Pseudomonas sp. AP-3 is proposed. The proposed pathway is similar to that known for meta-cleavage of catechol except that one of the hydroxyl groups on the metabolites is replaced by an amino group. During the degradation of 2-aminophenol, 2-amino-2,4-pentadienoic acid is the last metabolite containing an amino group. We, therefore, propose a modified meta-cleavage pathway for the 2-aminophenol metabolism.