Provided herein are enzymatic methods of producing steroid compounds such as 7-dehydropregnenolone, hydroxy derivatives thereof and vitamin D2- and D3-like compounds and derivatives thereof. Also provided are the derivatives of the vitamin D3-like compounds so generated via the action of cytochrome P450scc enzyme on substrates 7-dehydrocholesterol, vitamin D2 or vitamin D3.
本文提供了生产类
固醇化合物如 7-脱氢
孕烯醇酮、其羟基衍
生物和
维生素 D2 和 D3 类化合物及其衍
生物的酶法。还提供了通过细胞色素 P450scc 酶对底物 7-脱氢
胆固醇、
维生素 D2 或
维生素 D3 的作用生成的
维生素 D3 样化合物的衍
生物。