Substrate specificity of cis-desaturation of alipahtic compounds by resting cells of a mutant, Rhodococcus sp. strain KSM-MT66, was examined. Among substrates tested, the rhodococcal cells were able to convert n-alkanes (C13-C19), 1-chloroalkanes (C16 and C18), ethyl fatty acids (C14-C17) and alkyl (C1-C4) esters of palmitic acid to their corresponding unsaturated products of cis configuration. The products from n-alkanes and 1-chloroalkanes had a double bond mainly at the 9th carbon from their terminal methyl groups, and the products from acyl fatty acids had a double bond mainly at the 6th carbon from their carbonyl carbons.
对突变株Rhodococcus sp. KSM-
MT66的休眠细胞进行的研究显示,
脂肪化合物的顺式去饱和基质特异性得到了考察。在测试的基质中,罗多古菌细胞能够将n-
烷烃(C13-C19)、1-
氯烷烃(C16和C18)、乙基
脂肪酸(C14-C17)和
棕榈酸的烷基(C1-C4)
酯转化为对应的顺式不饱和产物。来自n-
烷烃和1-
氯烷烃的产物主要在其末端
甲基的第9个
碳处形成双键,而来自酰基
脂肪酸的产物主要在其羰基
碳的第6个
碳处形成双键。