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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Whereas cytochrome P-45011 beta has been recently shown to catalyze the two-step conversion of corticosterone to aldosterone in the bovine and porcine adrenal cortex, the identity of the enzyme involved in the two final steps of aldosterone biosynthesis in the rat adrenal cortex is as yet unknown. Mitochondria from capsular adrenals of sodium-deficient, potassium-replete rats converted corticosterone to 18-hydroxycorticosterone and aldosterone at markedly higher rates than mitochondria from capsular adrenals of sodium-replete, potassium-deficient rats. However, the same preparations exhibited no difference in the 11 beta-hydroxylase activity, i.e. the conversion of deoxycorticosterone to corticosterone. Only mitochondria of zona glomerulosa from rats with stimulated aldosterone biosynthesis contained a 49K protein which showed a strong cross-reactivity with a monoclonal antibody raised against purified bovine cytochrome P-45011 beta. By contrast, a crossreactive protein with a molecular weight of 51K was found in mitochondria of zona fasciculata and in mitochondria of zona glomerulosa from rats with a suppressed aldosterone biosynthesis. These findings indicate the existence of two different forms of cytochrome P-45011 beta in the rat adrenal cortex, with only one of them, i.e. the 49K form, being capable of catalyzing the two final steps of aldosterone biosynthesis in situ.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-4731
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
693-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Aldosterone biosynthesis and cytochrome P-45011 beta: evidence for two different forms of the enzyme in rats.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't