title: Dependence of steroid 1(2)-dehydrogenation on the C-17 side chain during cholesterol metabolism by immobilized Mycobacterium fortuitum.
abstract: 1(2)-Dehydrogenation of 4-cholestene-3-one by immobilized Mycobacterium fortuitum NRRL B-8153 and free growing Mycobacterium sp. NRRL B-3805 and Micromonospora chlacea MTCC 329 depended on the nature of the C-17 side chain. The 1(2)-dehydrogenation did not appear to occur before C-17-side-chain cleavage of the 4-cholestene-3-one.
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authors.lastname: Srivastava
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authors.lastname: Patil