| RM003 | Methyl to carboxyl conversion on aromatic ring |
| RM004 | Dihydroxylation of aromatic ring, type 1 (dioxygenase and dehydrogenase reactions) |
| RM005 | Dihydroxylation of aromatic ring, type 1a (dioxygenase and decarboxylating dehydrogenase reactions) |
| RM006 | Dihydroxylation of aromatic ring, type 2 (two monooxygenase reactions) |
| RM007 | Dihydroxylation of aromatic ring, type 3 (dealkylation and monooxygenase reactions) |
| RM008 | Ortho-cleavage of catechol (beta-ketoadipate pathway) |
| RM009 | Meta-cleavage of catechol |
| RM010 | Dihydroxylation and meta-cleavage of aromatic ring, type 1 |
| Preprocessing | Dihydroxylation | Cleavage | |||||||||||||||
| RM004 benzene |
catechol |
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| → | → | ||||||||||||||||
| RM003 toluene |
RM005 benzoate |
catechol |
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| → | → | → | → | → | |||||||||||||
| RM006 benzene |
catechol |
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| → | → | ||||||||||||||||
| RM007 4-methoxybenzoate |
3,4-dihydroxybenzoate |
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| → | → | ||||||||||||||||
| RM008 catechol |
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| → | → | → | + | ||||||||||||||
| RM009 catechol |
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| → | → | → | + | ||||||||||||||
| RM003 p-cymene |
RM010 p-cumate |
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| → | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | + | |||||||||
| ethylbenzene | |||||||||||||||||
| → | → | → | → | → | + | ||||||||||||
| styrene | |||||||||||||||||
| → | → | → | → | → | + | ||||||||||||
| biphenyl | |||||||||||||||||
| → | → | → | → | → | + | ||||||||||||