Fig. 3: Oxygen-independent conversion of desmost-1,4-dien-3-one (3).
From: ATP-dependent hydroxylation of an unactivated primary carbon with water
a Conversion of DDO to the two products 4 and 5 in soluble extracts of S. denitrificans. b Reactions sequence obtained via a proposed allylic cation intermediate after NMR-based identification of products as 26-OH-DDO 4 and the corresponding C26-aldehyde DDO-26-al 5. The enzyme involved was identified as a Mo-dependent hydroxylase. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
