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Hydroxylation of lithocholic acid by selected actinobacteria and filamentous fungi
Kollerov,Monti,Deshcherevskaya,Lobastova,Ferrandi,Larovere,Gulevskaya,Riva,Donova
, p. 370 - 378 (2013/03/28)
Selected actinobacteria and filamentous fungi of different taxonomy were screened for the ability to carry out regio- and stereospecific hydroxylation of lithocholic acid (LCA) at position 7β. The production of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) was for the first time shown for the fungal strains of Bipolaris, Gibberella, Cunninghamella and Curvularia, as well as for isolated actinobacterial strains of Pseudonocardia, Saccharothrix, Amycolatopsis, Lentzea, Saccharopolyspora and Nocardia genera. Along with UDCA, chenodeoxycholic (CDCA), deoxycholic (DCA), cholic (CA), 7-ketodeoxycholic and 3-ketodeoxycholic acids were detected amongst the metabolites by some strains. A strain of Gibberella zeae VKM F-2600 expressed high level of 7β-hydroxylating activity towards LCA. Under optimized conditions, the yield of UDCA reached 90% at 1 g/L of LCA and up to 60% at a 8-fold increased substrate loading. The accumulation of the major by-product, 3-keto UDCA, was limited by using selected biotransformation media.
Regiospecific oxidoreductions catalyzed by a new Pseudomonas paucimobilis hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
Bianchini, Ercolina,Chinaglia, Nicola,Dean, Mariangela,Giovannini, Pier Paolo,Medici, Alessandro,Pedrini, Paola,Poli, Silvia
, p. 1391 - 1398 (2007/10/03)
The preparative-scale regio- and stereo-specific oxidation of hydroxy groups and reduction of keto functions at C(3) of several C21 bile acids, catalyzed by a new 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3α-HSDH) is reported. The crude enzyme, isolated from the cells of Pseudomonas paucimobilis, revealed the presence of a further enzymatic fraction containing a secondary alcohol dehydrogenase (SADH), that has been used to recycle the cofactor.