| toluene | <chemistry> A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colourless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc. Synonym: methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc. Origin: Tolu + benzene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| toluene 2,4-diisocyanate | <chemical> 2,4-diisocyanato-1-methylbenzene. Skin irritant and allergen used in the manufacture of polyurethane foams and other elastomers. Chemical name: Benzene, 2,4-diisocyanato-1-methyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| toluene dioxygenase | <enzyme> Resolved into 3 protein components; maximum activity dependent on presence of ferrous iron and NADH; forms benzyl alcohol Registry number: EC 1.14.- Synonym: toluate oxygenase, toluate 1,2-dioxygenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| toluene ortho-monooxygenase | <enzyme> Enzyme from pseudomonas sp. Strain js150 acts on both toluene and benzene; amino acid sequence has been determined; also hydroxylates cresol to 3-methylcatechol Registry number: EC 1.13.12.- Synonym: toluene 2-monooxygenase, toluene-benzene-2-monooxygenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| toluene-3-monooxygenase | <enzyme> Degrades benzene and related aromatic hydrocarbons in pseudomonas pickettii Registry number: EC 1.14.13.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| toluene-4-monooxygenase | <enzyme> Enzyme system contains 3 protein components; the reconstituted enzyme system catalyses the oxidation of toluene to p-cresol by an NADPH-dependent monooxygenation reaction in which one atom of molecular oxygen in incorporated into the hydroxyl group cresol Registry number: EC 1.14.13.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| cis-toluene dihydrodiol dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Nad specific dehydrogenase; reduces ring structure Chemical name: 1,2-dihydroxy-3-methylcyclohexa-3,5-diene dehydrogenase Registry number: EC 1.3.- Synonym: ctd dehydrogenase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| 4-toluene sulfonate methyl monooxygenase | <enzyme> From comamonas testosteroni t-2; catalyses the transformation of toluene sulfonate or p-toluate to the corresponding alcohol and the methyl side-chain to the corresponding acid in the presence of o2 and NADH; p- and m- toluates and 4-ethylbenzoate are substrates, whereas p-xylene, toluene and p-cresol are not substrates; enzyme also catalyses the demethylation of 4-methoxybenzoate to 4-hydroxybenzoate and formaldehyde; comprises reductase b and oxygenase m Registry number: EC 1.14.13.- Synonym: tsmoxygenase, tsmos, p-ts methyl-monooxygenase, tsam protein, tsab protein (26 Jun 1999) |