Purification and properties of a NAD: 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one-oxidoreductase from rat liver microsomes.
From rat liver microsomes a NAD: 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one oxidoreductase was isolated and purified up to a specific activity of 73 nmol/min . mg by affinity chromatography and DEAE-cellulose chromatography. Various Km-values have been determined. The enzyme exhibits highest affinity for 5 alpha-pregnane-3,20-dione and NADH. The 3-oxo group of 5 alpha-dihydrocortisone (17,21-dihydroxy-5 alpha-pregnane-3,11,20-trione) was not reduced by the purified enzyme preparation and NADH and no dehydrogenation with NAD was observed of 3 alpha,11 beta,17,21-tetrahydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one. The optimal pH for the hydrogenation of th 3-oxo group was at pH 5.3 and for the dehydrogenation at pH 8. 9. Disc gel electrophoresis in presence of 0.1% sodium dodecylsulfate yielded a homogeneous preparation.[1]References
- Purification and properties of a NAD: 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one-oxidoreductase from rat liver microsomes. Golf, S.W., Graef, V. Steroids (1980) [Pubmed]
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