Article
[Cleavage of the side chain of sitosterol by R, S and M mycobacteria variants].
Mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Mil'ko E S, Korobova Iu N, Gabinskaia K N, Egorov N S
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this work was to study the capability of the R, S and M variants of 12 strains belonging to 5 mycobacterial species to decompose sitosterol and to transform it, in the presence of 8-hydroxyquinoline, yielding pregnenecarboxylic acid, androst-1,4-diene-3,17-dione, androst-4-ene-3,17-dione and sitostenone. All of the cultures decompose sitosterol, the cells of the M variant being most active and the...
Topics
- Biotransformation
- Genetic Variation
- Mycobacterium
- Oxyquinoline
- Sitosterols
- Time Factors