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022 0 _a0003-9861
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082 0 4 _a95-099007
100 1 _aPascal, S.
245 0 0 _aPlant sterol biosynthesis:
_b identification of a NADPH dependent sterone reductase involved in sterol-4 demethylation
260 _c1994
340 _aPrinted
500 _areferences US (DNAL 381 Ar2)
520 _aMicrosomes obtained from maize embryos were shown to catalyze the reduction of various sterones to produce stereoselectively the corresponding 3,6-hydroxy derivatives. Enzymatic assay conditions have been developed to characterize this reduction step and the kinetics of the microsomal system has been established. Sterone reduction shows exclusive dependence on NADPH and is inactive with NADH. It is not sensitive to the azole inhibitors pyrifenox, ketoconazole, and itraconazole nor to phenobarbital nor pyrazole. Based on these coenzyme requirements and inhibitor susceptibility, and according to the common pattern of their classification, the maize microsomal sterone-reducing enzyme belongs to the family of ketone reductases. From a series of incubations with natural or synthetic sterones, the substrate specificity of the reduction at C-3 was determined. Our data indicate particularly that 4 alpha-methyl-9,6,19-cyclo-C30-sterones and 4-desmethyl-delta 7-C27- or C30-sterones are preferentially reduced, while 4,4-dimethyl-C30- or C31-sterones react poorly. The results support the conclusion that the reductase activity identified is a constitutive component of the microsomal sterol 4-demethylation complex recently identified in photosynthetic organisms (S. Pascal et al., 1993, J. Biol. Chem. 268, 11639). They are consistent with the conclusion that 4 alpha-methylsterones are demethylation products of 4,4-gem-dimethylsterols rather than early intermediates in the 4 alpha-monomethylsterols-4-demethylation process
546 _aEnglish
595 _aAC
650 1 0 _aBiochemical reactions
650 1 0 _aCarbohydrates
650 1 0 _aCell structure
650 1 0 _aChemical reactions
650 1 0 _aCofactors
650 1 0 _aCytoplasm
650 1 0 _aDevelopmental stages
650 1 0 _aEnzymes
650 1 0 _aGlycosides
650 1 0 _aGramineae
650 1 0 _aNucleic compounds
650 1 0 _aPlant developmental stages
650 1 0 _aPlant physiology and biochemistry
650 1 0 _aProtoplasm
650 1 0 _aSteroids
650 1 0 _aSterols
650 1 0 _aZea
700 1 _aRahier, A.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aTaton, M.,
_ecoaut.
773 0 _tArchives of biochemistry and biophysics (USA). (Jul 1994). v. 312(1) p. 260-271
942 _cJA
999 _c18916
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