Hydroxylation of testosterone by bacterial cytochromes P450 using the Escherichia coli expression system

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 307-311

  Agematu, Hitosi ^a   Matsumoto, Naoki ^a   Fujii, Yoshikazu ^a   Kabumoto, Hiroki ^a   Doi, Satoru ^a   Machida, Kazuhiro ^a   Ishikawa, Jun ^b   Arisawa, Akira ^a  

^a MERCIAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioconversion; Cytochrome P450; Hydroxylation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HYDROXYLATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P450; STEREOSELECTIVITY; TESTOSTERONE;

KETONES;

CYTOCHROME P450; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TESTOSTERONE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 31444446064     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.307     Document Type: Article

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