TESTOSTERONE AS BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCT IN STEROID CONVERSION BY MYCOBACTERIUM SP

被引:20
作者
HUNG, B
FALERO, A
LLANES, N
PEREZ, C
RAMIREZ, MA
机构
[1] Department of Steroids, Biotechnology, National Center for Scientific Research, Havana
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D O I
10.1007/BF01023332
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Testosterone production by Myc. sp. NRRL B-3683 is discussed. The unexpected finding that testosterone is not formed by single reduction of 17-keto group of 4-androstene-3,17-dione (AD) but. by a double reduction of both 17-keto group and doble bound of 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione (ADD) is presented.
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