17-hydroxy Heptadecanoic acid methyl ester is a hydroxylated fatty acid methyl ester and substrate for lactonizing lipase from Pseudomonas nov. sp. 109, a lipase that catalyzes the synthesis of macrocyclic lactones.1
References
1. Ihara, F., Kageyama, Y., Hirata, M., et al. Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of lactonizing lipase from Pseudomonas species J. Biol. Chem. 266(27),18135-18140(1991).