Bioconversion of Phytosterols into Androstadienedione by Mycobacterium smegmatis CECT 8331

Autor: Julia, García-Fernández, Igor, Martínez, Lorena, Fernández-Cabezón, Carmen, Felpeto-Santero, José-Luis, García, Beatriz, Galán
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1645
ISSN: 1940-6029
Popis: The C19 steroid 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione (androstadienedione, ADD) is an added value product used as a synthon in the pharmaceutical industry for the commercial production of corticosteroids, mineralocorticoids, oral contraceptives, and other pharmaceutical steroids. Phytosterol biotransformation catalyzed by microbial whole cells is actually a very well-established research area in white biotechnology. The protocol below provides detailed information on ADD production by the mutant CECT 8331 of Mycobacterium smegmatis mc
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