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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Rolf Schmid, Stuttgart, DE;
Michael Braun, Bad Mergentheim-Edelfingen, DE;
Luo Liu, Beijing, CN;
Arno Aigner, Tuntenhausen, DE;
Dirk Weuster-botz, München, DE;
Rolf Schmid, Stuttgart, DE;
Michael Braun, Bad Mergentheim-Edelfingen, DE;
Luo Liu, Beijing, CN;
Arno Aigner, Tuntenhausen, DE;
Dirk Weuster-Botz, München, DE;
Pharmazell GmbH, Raubling, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to 12 α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases, nucleic acid sequences coding for the same, expression cassettes and vectors, recombinant microorganisms containing the corresponding coding nucleic acid sequences, a method for producing said 12 α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases, a method for enzymatic oxidation of 12 α-hydroxysteroids using said enzyme, a method for enzymatic reduction of 12-ketosteroids using said enzyme, a method for qualitative or quantitative determination of 12-ketosteroids and/or 12α-hydroxysteroids using said 12α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases and a method for production of ursodesoxycholic acid, comprising the enzyme-catalyzed cholic acid oxidation using said 12 α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases.