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KshAB-catalyzed 9α-hydroxylation of 3-ketosteroids. 1,4-Diene ketosteroids (lower substrate) undergo subsequent nonenzymatic cleavage of ring B and aromatization of ring A. Carbon atoms 3, 7, 9, 12, and 17 are numbered. Cholate is hydroxylated at positions 7 and 12.
