title: Expression of rat 5 alpha-reductase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is the principle androgen in certain tissues such as the prostate. DHT is formed from testosterone by the NADPH-dependent enzyme 5 alpha-reductase (5AR). In this paper we report the expression of catalytically active steroid 5AR from the rat in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A full length cDNA coding for 5AR was isolated from a rat liver cDNA library and fixed in frame to the signal sequence of yeast acid phosphatase. A constitutive short promoter fragment of the acid phosphatase gene (PHO5) and the PHO5 transcriptional terminator were added and the expression cassette ligated into the yeast 2 mu vector pDP34. S. cerevisiae transformed with the 5AR expression plasmid pDP34/PHO5AR exhibited about 100-fold more activity per gram wet weight than rat prostate.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceuticals Research, CIBA-GEIGY Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ordman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meyhack
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nick
mesh_terms: D013741:3-Oxo-5-alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015723:Gene Library; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D010957:Plasmids; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D013741:3-Oxo-5-alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase