ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
Enzyme induction
;
Steroid transformation
;
Mutagenesis
;
Aerial mycelial formation
;
Arginine auxotrophy
;
Streptomyces hydrogenans
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The effect of estradiol, hydrocortisone and progesterone on 3α,20β-and 3β,17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) in mutants of Streptomyces hydrogenans was compared to the steroid response of the wild type. Mutants were defective in arginine biosynthesis and/or aerial mycelial formation and lacked both enzymes or only 17β-HSD. Some 17β-HSD mutants had lost the ability to be induced by estradiol, by progesterone or by both. Some 20β-HSD mutants had lost the ability to be induced by hydrocortisone, by progesterone or by both. Non-inducibility of 17β-and 20β-HSD by progesterone was not co-ordinate. An additional study of the growth phase-dependent enzyme activity of the wild type after induction with estradiol, hydrocortisone and progesterone was performed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00411246
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