Testosterone as Biotransformation Product in Steroid Conversion by Mycobacterium Sp

Hung B; Falero A; Llanes N; Perez C; Ramirez MA

Biotechnology Letters, Vol.16, No.5, 497-500, 1994

Hung B, Falero A, Llanes N, Perez C, Ramirez MA

Testosterone production by Myc. sp. NRRL B-3683 is discussed. The unexpected finding that testosterone is not formed by single reduction of 17-keto group of 4-androstene-3,17-dione (AD) but. by a double reduction of both 17-keto group and doble bound of 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione (ADD) is presented.

Keywords:ARTHROBACTER-SIMPLEX;DEGRADATION