Substrate Specificity of Regiospecific Desaturation of Aliphatic Compounds by a Mutant<i>Rhodococcus</i>Strain
作者:Kenzo KOIKE、Mikio TAKAIWA、Yoshiharu KIMURA、Shigeo INOUE、Susumu ITO
DOI:10.1271/bbb.64.1064
日期:2000.1
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.