TRANSFORMATION OF 4-ANDROSTEN-3,17-DIONE BY GROWING CULTURES AND CELL-EXTRACTS OF CLOSTRIDIUM - PARAPUTRIFICUM
TRANSFORMATION OF 4-ANDROSTEN-3,17-DIONE BY GROWING CULTURES AND CELL-EXTRACTS OF CLOSTRIDIUM - PARAPUTRIFICUM
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10.1016/0005-2760(79)90066-3
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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FINEGOLD, SM
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GLASS, TL;WHEELER, LA;FINEGOLD, SM
Growing cultures of C. paraputrificum transformed 4-androsten-3,17-dione to 3.alpha.-hydroxy-5.beta.-androstan-17-one in a sequential manner with 5.beta.-androstan-3,17-dione as an intermediate. The addition of 1.5 mM menadione to log-phase cultures which had formed 5.beta.-androstan-3,17-dione resulted in a partial reoxidation of this steroid to 4-androsten-3,17-dione. This treatment also resulted in transient inhibition of culture growth. Resumption of growth was accompanied by complete reduction of 4-androsten-3,17-dione to 5.beta.-androstan-3,17-dione. Cell extracts of C. paraputrificum were capable of carrying out these reductive transformations in the absence of added cofactors. Sephadex G-25 treated extracts required NADH or NADPH for these reactions. A flavin nucleotide, either FAD (-lus NADH or NADPH) or FMN (plus NADH) was highly stimulatory for 4-androsten-3,17-dione reduction to 5.beta.-androstan-3,17-dione. NADH was the preferred reduced pyridine nucleotide for reduction of the C4-C5 double bond, while time-course measurements suggested that NADPH was the preferred donor for reduction of the 3-keto group.