A mutant hydroxylase with increased activity and greater substrate specificity towards the compound of formula (II) for the production of compound of formula (I), which carries one or more amino acid modifications at residue positions when compared with the wild type hydroxylase from the following group of residues, Proline at position 7, Alanine at position 40, Threonine 51, Methionine at position 53, Glutamic acid at position 82, Arginine at position 91, Threonine at position 96, Glycine at position 108, Isoleucine at position 149, Valine at position 171, Alanine at position 177, Arginine at position 182, Methioinine at position 184, Isoleucine at position 193, Phenylalanine at position 195, Glutamine at position 209, Alanine at position 210, Valine at position 226, Methionine at position 233, Leucine at position 236, Alanine at position 237, Alanine at position 241, Valine at position 249, Arginine at position 250, Serine at position 251, Glycine at position 255, Glutamic Acid at position 258, Serine at position 260, Phenylalanine at position 267, Alanine at position 280, Valine at position 307 and Asparagine at position 313;
- wherein the wild type hydroxylase has SEQ ID NO:
- 1.
- wherein R represents hydrogen, phenylacetyl, phenoxyacetyl, aminoadipoyl and glutaryl.