Abstract
A sterol biosynthetic intermediate from sea cucumbers is parkeol (1). By mutation of residues at two positions, the enzyme lanosterol synthase was changed enough to make parkeol as its major product, along with lanosterol (2) and lanost-24-ene-3β,9α-diol (3) as by-products.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 4090-4092 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 17 Nov 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bioorganic chemistry
- Enzyme catalysis
- Mutagenesis
- Steroids
- Terpenoids
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