Affiliation:
1. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
A plasmid containing the genes of a fungal 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, which catalyzes the reduction of the steroid core at the C17 position, and mycobacterial glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, which promotes the recycling of the essential coenzyme NAD(P)H, was constructed. Its constitutive expression in well-studied Mycolicibacterium neoaurum strains made it possible to increase significantly the yield of C-17 hydroxysteroids. In particular, recombinant strains created on the basis of M. neoaurum VKM Ac-1815D and M. neoaurum NRRL B-3805 ΔkstD exhibited predominant accumulation of testosterone, while the strain based on M. neoaurum VKM Ac-1816D accumulated dehydrotestosterone and testosterone simultaneously.
Publisher
The Russian Academy of Sciences