The invention relates to a new strain of
Pseudomonas putida
(designated as HI-70) and to the isolation, cloning, and sequencing of a cyclododecanone monooxygenase-encoding gene (named cdnB) from said strain. The invention also relates to a new cyclododecanone monooxygenase and to a method of use of the cyclododecanone monooxygenase-encoding gene.
Are branched chain fatty acids the natural substrates for P450BM3?
作者:Max J. Cryle、Rocio D. Espinoza、Sarah J. Smith、Nicholas J. Matovic、James J. De Voss
DOI:10.1039/b601202g
日期:——
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.
The stereochemistry of fatty acid hydroxylation by cytochrome P450BM3
作者:Max J. Cryle、Nick J. Matovic、James J. De Voss
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.10.136
日期:2007.1
The stereochemical preference for the cytochrome P450BM3-catalysed hydroxylation of tetradecanoic and pentadecanoic acids has been determined via comparison with authentic non-racemic standards utilising enantioselective HPLC. The sub-terminal hydroxylation of these fatty acids by P450BM3 is highly selective for the formation of the R-alcohols. This is the same enantioselectivity as is seen for hexadecanoic
作者:Walter Soares Leal、Shigefumi Kuwahara、Xiongwei Shi、Hiroya Higuchi、Claudia E. B. Marino、Mikio Ono、Jerrold Meinwald
DOI:10.1023/a:1022307600446
日期:——
Male-released semiochemicals of the stink bug Piezodorus hybneri (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) elicit attraction of male and female bugs and homosexual behavior in males. Three active components were isolated from the airborne volatiles of males by flash chromatography, with the activity monitored by GC-EAD and behavioral bioassay. The pheromone system was characterized as a mixture of beta-sesquiphellandrene, (R)-15-hexadecanolide, and methyl 8-(Z)-hexadecenoate (ratio: 10:4:1), and the activity of the semiochemicals was assessed with authentic samples. Enantiomerically pure samples of the R and S macrolactones were obtained by Yamaguchi's and Mitsunobu's macrolactonization of a key intermediate, (R)-15-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid. The nonnatural S stereoisomer was neither a beneficial nor a behavioral antagonist. Individual constituents or binary mixtures were active, but the optimal male response was elicited only by the full mixture. Behavioral observation and the fact that the onset of pheromone production is coincident with ovarian development strongly suggest that these semiochemicals are, in fact, sex pheromones.