A search for microscopic fungi with directed hydroxylase activity for the synthesis of steroid drugs


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Abstract

The hydroxylase activities of new strains such as Curvularia lunata, C. geniculata, C. eragrostidis, C. prasadii, Ulocladium botrytis, Alternaria tenuis, and Fusarium oxysporum toward three steroid substrates, namely, androstenedione (AD), cortexolone (S), and dehydroepiandrosterone acetate (DAA), were characterized. The 9α-hydroxylase activity of C. lunata 1011 cells against S to form 9α-hydroxy-S was shown for the first time. It was found that C. geniculata 837 and F. oxysporum 11dn1 strains can hydroxylate substrates to form pharmacologically promising 7α-hydroxysteroids. C. geniculata 837 cells selectively hydroxylate AD, resulting in 7α-hydroxytestosterone, whereas F. oxysporum 11dn1 leads to the transformation of DAA to 7α-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone.

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N. V. Karpova

Bioengineering Institute, Fundamentals of Biotechnology Federal Research Center

Email: andryushina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071

V. A. Andryushina

Bioengineering Institute, Fundamentals of Biotechnology Federal Research Center

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Email: andryushina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071

T. S. Stytsenko

Bioengineering Institute, Fundamentals of Biotechnology Federal Research Center

Email: andryushina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071

A. V. Druzhinina

Bioengineering Institute, Fundamentals of Biotechnology Federal Research Center

Email: andryushina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071

T. D. Feofanova

Moscow State University

Email: andryushina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991

A. V. Kurakov

Moscow State University

Email: andryushina@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991

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