Reaction: Ursodeoxycholic acid to 1 product
- Reaction
- Reaction type
- Dehydroxylation
- Direction
- Major circulating metabolite?
- No
- Spontaneous?
- No
- Activity
- unknown
- References
- Zheng M, Wang R, Li C, Xu J: Two-step enzymatic synthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid with a new 7β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Ruminococcus torques Process Biochemistry. 2015 April 1;50(4):598-604. [Article]
- Lee JY, Arai H, Nakamura Y, Fukiya S, Wada M, Yokota A: Contribution of the 7beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Ruminococcus gnavus N53 to ursodeoxycholic acid formation in the human colon. J Lipid Res. 2013 Nov;54(11):3062-9. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M039834. Epub 2013 Jun 1. [Article]
- FDA Approved Drug Products: URSO 250 and URSO FORTE (ursodiol) tablets, for oral use [Link]
- Comments
- Not Available
- Enzymes
- Not Available