Are branched chain fatty acids the natural substrates for P450BM3?
- 30 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 22,p. 2353-2355
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b601202g
Abstract
Branched chain fatty acids are substrates for cytochrome P450BM3 (CYP102) from Bacillus megaterium; oxidation of C15 and C17iso and anteiso fatty acids by P450BM3 leads to the formation of hydroxylated products that possess high levels of regiochemical and stereochemical purity.Keywords
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