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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2005
Enzymatic method to produce 7-dehydropregnenolone, vitamin d3-like compounds and derivatives thereof
Andrzej Slominski, Memphis, TN (US);
Robert Tuckey, Crawley, WA 6009, AU;
Jordan Zjawiony, Oxford, MS (US);
D. Jeremy Stewart, Water Valley, MS (US);
Jacobo Wortsman, Springfield, IL (US);
Andrzej Slominski, Memphis, TN (US);
Robert Tuckey, Crawley, WA 6009, AU;
Jordan Zjawiony, Oxford, MS (US);
D. Jeremy Stewart, Water Valley, MS (US);
Jacobo Wortsman, Springfield, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
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.