6- aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate, degradation

Haug W, A Schmidt, B Nortemann, DC Hempel, A Stolz, H-J Knackmuss (1991) Mineralization of the sulfonated azo dye mordant Yellow 3 by a 6-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate-degrading bacterial consortium. Appl Environ Microbiol 57 3144-3149. 

An analogous pathway is used for the degradation of 5-aminosalicylate that is an intermediate in the degradation of 6-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate. Direct ring fission of both 5-aminosalicylate and 5-hydroxysalicylate can be accomplished by a salicylate 1,2-dioxygenase in Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans (Hintner et al. 2001). 

Aromatic azo compounds, many of which are sulfonated, are components of many commercially important dyes, colorants, and pigments, so that attention has been directed to their degradation and transformation. These compounds are often considered recalcitrant, although then-transformation has been accomplished by reduction to amines with scission of the Ar-N=N-Ar bond to produce arylamines. The amines may then be degraded, for example, 6-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate by dioxygenation and ring fission to 5-aminosalicylate (Hang et al. 1991). This is then... 

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