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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2014

Deletion of the gene encoding the reductase component of 3-ketosteroid 9α-hydroxylase in Rhodococcus equi USA-18 disrupts sterol catabolism, leading to the accumulation of 3-oxo-23,24-bisnorchola-1,4-dien-22-oic acid and 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione.

Chin-Hsing Yeh, Yung-Shun Kuo, Che-Ming Chang, Wen-Hsiung Liu, Meei-Ling Sheu, Menghsiao Meng

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chin-Hsing Yeh
Yung-Shun Kuo
Che-Ming Chang
Wen-Hsiung Liu
Meei-Ling Sheu
Menghsiao Meng
National Chung Hsing University · TWNational Taiwan University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gene encoding the putative reductase component (KshB) of 3-ketosteroid 9α-hydroxylase was cloned from Rhodococcus equi USA-18, a cholesterol oxidase-producing strain formerly named Arthrobacter simplex USA-18, by PCR according to consensus amino acid motifs of several bacterial KshB subunits. Deletion of the gene in R. equi USA-18 by a PCR-targeted gene disruption method resulted in a mutant strain that could accumulate up to 0.58 mg/ml 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione (ADD) in the culture medium when 0.2% cholesterol was used as the carbon source, indicating the involvement of the deleted enzyme in 9α-hydroxylation of steroids. In addition, this mutant also accumulated 3-oxo-23,24-bisnorchola-1,4-dien-22-oic acid (Δ1,4-BNC). Because both ADD and Δ1,4-BNC are important intermediates for the synthesis of steroid drugs, this mutant derived from R. equi USA-18 may deserve further investigation for its application potential.

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Gene DeletionAndrostadienesBiotransformationCell LineChromatography, High Pressure LiquidChromatography, Thin LayerChromosomes, BacterialGene Knockout TechniquesGenes, BacterialHumansMacrophagesMass SpectrometryMixed Function OxygenasesOxidoreductasesPolymerase Chain ReactionReference Standards1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione3-oxo-bisnorchola-1,4-dien-22-oic acidAndrostadienesMixed Function OxygenasesOxidoreductasesSteroidsSterols

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PMID25201011
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