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Regiospecific internal desaturation of aliphatic compounds by a mutant Rhodococcus strain.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 1999
Koike K, Ara K, Adachi S, Takigawa H, Mori H, Inoue S, Kimura Y, Ito S
Abstract excerpt
A mutant Rhodococcus strain lacking the ability to utilize 1-chlorohexadecane was found to cis-desaturate aliphatic compounds, such as 1-chlorohexadecane, n-hexadecane, and heptadecanonitrile, yielding corresponding products with a double bond mainly at the ninth carbon from the terminal methyl groups. A new oxidative pathway involving the cis-desaturation step was suggested for alkane utilization by Rhodococcus spp.
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