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aromatic compounds without sulfur atoms other than
indole as substrates. Indoline and phenoxazine were
found to be substrates for BdsC, and hydroxylated
products were confirmed with GCMS analysis, but the
products from the substrates were not identified due to
the small amounts of them. Twenty-five other commer-
cially available analogs, including 7-azaindole, benzo-
thiazole, quinoline, and phenazine, were inert.
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for
Scientific Research (C), no. 19580091 from the Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science to TO.
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