17α,20β-di- and 17α,20β,21α-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one are the major fish progestogens.
B. megaterium was genetically engineered to rapidly produce both steroid hormones.
Innate steroid hydroxylase CYP106A1 was deleted.
Four 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases were identified and deleted.
B. megaterium FabG was identified as an efficient 20βHSD.