Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1999-12-01

Regiospecific internal desaturation of aliphatic compounds by a mutant Rhodococcus strain.

K Koike, K Ara, S Adachi, H Takigawa, H Mori, S Inoue, Y Kimura, S Ito

Index: Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65(12) , 5636-8, (1999)

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Abstract

A mutant Rhodococcus strain lacking the ability to utilize 1-chlorohexadecane was found to cis-desaturate aliphatic compounds, such as 1-chlorohexadecane, n-hexadecane, and heptadecanonitrile, yielding corresponding products with a double bond mainly at the ninth carbon from the terminal methyl groups. A new oxidative pathway involving the cis-desaturation step was suggested for alkane utilization by Rhodococcus spp.