Isolation of methyl 3-hydroxy-9-oxo-9,10-seco-23,24-dinor-1,3,5(10)-cholatrienoate from a sterol bioconversion.

doi:10.1016/0039-128x(85)90058-3

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Isolation of methyl 3-hydroxy-9-oxo-9,10-seco-23,24-dinor-1,3,5(10)-cholatrienoate from a sterol bioconversion.

Steroids - 1 Jan 2000

Knight J C, Wovcha M G

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A mutant (UC9778) of M. fortuitum has been isolated which degrades cholesterol and plant sterols to mixtures of Ring A-phenolic compounds. The title compound was isolated by repeated chromatography, and its structure determined by spectroscopic methods.

Topics

Cholesterol
Fermentation
Mass Spectrometry
Mutation
Mycobacterium
Pregnatrienes
Secosteroids
Sterols

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