Fig. 1
From: Light-driven progesterone production by InP–(M. neoaurum) biohybrid system
Progesterone biosynthesis schematic in InP–(M. neoaurum) biohybrids. The schematic depicts an abbreviated overview of the progesterone pathway, beginning with this work’s carbon source sterols. The blue star shows these branch points or building blocks were deleted in this study. The red cross indicates the focus of this study, which is the putative next pathway as performed by the cytochrome P450 (CYP11A1) and its reductase partners. The surface shows the process of cellular NADPH regeneration by photogenerated electrons from InP nanoparticles. h+: electron hole, e−: electron, ED: electron donors, EDo: oxidized electron donors, ChOMs: cholesterol oxidase transport system