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LovD catalyzes the acylation of monacolin J sodium salt (MJSS) to simvastatin sodium salt (SS) using the synthetic substrate DMB-S-MMP as acyl donor. An E. coli strain overexpressing LovD has been developed as whole-cell biocatalyst towards the synthesis of SS (Xie and Tang 2007).
