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Table 2 Enzyme activity assay for KSH and GDH

From: Efficient 9α-hydroxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione production by engineered Bacillus subtilis co-expressing Mycobacterium neoaurum 3-ketosteroid 9α-hydroxylase and B. subtilis glucose 1-dehydrogenase with NADH regeneration

Strains

KSH activity

U (mg total protein)−1

GDH activity

U (mg total protein)−1

M. neoaurum JC-12

0.02 ± 0.01

B. subtilis 168

NT

0.03 ± 0.01

B. subtilis 168/pMA5-kshA

NT

0.03 ± 0.01

B. subtilis 168/pMA5-ksh

0.57 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.01

B. subtilis 168/pMA5-kshgdh

0.53 ± 0.02

0.35 ± 0.02

Purified KshA

NT

Co-purified KshA and KshB

2.41 ± 0.05

  1. All assays were performed in triplicate
  2. NT, enzyme activity was not detectable; –, not detect