title: 3-Hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase activities of cortisone reductase.
abstract: The behaviour of various C(19) and C(18) steroids as substrates for crystalline preparations of cortisone reductase (EC 1.1.1.53) is described. 3alpha(Axial,3R)-, 3alpha(equatorial,3R)- and 3beta(axial,3S)-hydroxy steroid-NAD oxidoreductase activities are demonstrated. Four pairs of the substrates differed only in the shape of the a/b ring junction, three pairs differed only in substitution at C-10, and four pairs differed only in substitution in ring d. The shape of the substrate molecule and certain substituents (e.g. 10beta-methyl, 17beta-hydroxy, 16-oxo or 17-oxo) altered substrate behaviour, but steroids differing considerably in shape nevertheless acted as substrates, suggesting the possibility of a large or flexible binding site. K(m) values varied about 10-fold, many being approx. 140mum. V(max.) values covered a greater range (about 200-fold) and the good substrates had high V(max.) values rather than low K(m) values.
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000731:Androstanes; D001665:Binding Sites; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003348:Cortisone; D004962:Estranes; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000731:Androstanes; D004962:Estranes; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D003348:Cortisone