Discovery of a steroid 11α-hydroxylase from Rhizopus oryzae and its biotechnological application

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 428-437

  Petric S ^a   Hakki, T ^b   Bernhardt, R ^b   Zigon D ^c   Cresnar B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

11 Steroid hydroxylation; Corticosteroids; Cytochromes P450; Heterologus expression; Rhizopus oryzae; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROIDS; CYTOCHROMES P450; HETEROLOGUS EXPRESSION; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG PRODUCTS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; SUBSTRATES; YEAST;

HYDROXYLATION;

CORTODOXONE; CYTOCHROME P450; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; OXYGENASE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 11ALPHA HYDROXYLASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOPUS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEROID HYDROXYLASES;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 78149469354     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.928     Document Type: Article

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