Hydroxyquinol
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Hydroxyquinol is a benzenetriol
Benzenetriol
Benzenetriols or trihydroxybenzenes are aromatic chemical compounds and polyphenols in which three hydroxyl groups are substituted onto a benzene ring....

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It is a catechin
Catechin
Catechin is a natural phenol antioxidant plant secondary metabolite. The term catechins is also commonly used to refer to the related family of flavonoids and the subgroup flavan-3-ols ....

 biodegradation product formed by Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a species of legume-root nodulating, microsymbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium species. B. japonicum is identified as a DNA homology group .B...

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Hydroxyquinol 1,2-dioxygenase
Hydroxyquinol 1,2-dioxygenase
In enzymology, a hydroxyquinol 1,2-dioxygenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactionThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are benzene-1,2,4-triol and O2, whereas its product is 3-hydroxy-cis,cis-muconate....

 is an enzyme that uses hydroxyquinol and O2 to produce 3-hydroxy-cis,cis-muconate.
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