Funneling pathway: p-cresol
type: Pathway
id: P00024
name: funnel_p_cresol
funneling branch: p-coumaric branch
pathway component: p-cresol → 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol
pathway component: 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol → 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
pathway order: BiochemicalPathwayStep
  step conversion: p-cresol → 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol
  reac id: R00071
  step order: 1
  next step: 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol → 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
pathway order: BiochemicalPathwayStep
  step conversion: 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol → 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
  reac id: R00072
  step order: 2
connections: beta-ketoadipate: Protocatechuate branch
  type: PathwayConnection
  direction: downstream
  id: P00004
  pathway type: Fission
  connecting substrate id: S00002
connections: protocatechuate 2,3-cleavage
  type: PathwayConnection
  direction: downstream
  id: P00012
  pathway type: Fission
  connecting substrate id: S00002
connections: protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage
  type: PathwayConnection
  direction: downstream
  id: P00002
  pathway type: Fission
  connecting substrate id: S00002
created: 2026-02-28T10:42:00.426178+00:00
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p-cresol → 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol
type: BiochemicalReaction
id: R00071
left: p-cresol
right: 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol
catalysis: Catalysis
  controller: 4-methylphenol methylhydroxylase
  controlled: p-cresol → 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol

p-cresol
type: SmallMolecule
id: S00009
chemical formula: CH3C6H4OH
molecular weight: 108.14
xref: UnificationXref
  db: PubChem Compound
  id: 2879
xref: UnificationXref
  db: ChEBI
  id: 17847
xref: UnificationXref
  db: KEGG Compound
  id: C01468
xref: UnificationXref
  db: CAS
  id: 106-44-5

4-methylphenol methylhydroxylase
type: Protein
id: E00057

4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol → 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
type: BiochemicalReaction
id: R00072
left: 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol
right: 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
catalysis: Catalysis
  controller: 4-methylphenol methylhydroxylase
  controlled: 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol → 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde

4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
type: SmallMolecule
id: S00046
chemical formula: C7H6O2
molecular weight: 122.12
xref: UnificationXref
  db: PubChem Compound
  id: 126
xref: UnificationXref
  db: ChEBI
  id: 17597
xref: UnificationXref
  db: KEGG Compound
  id: C00633
xref: UnificationXref
  db: CAS
  id: 123-08-0