title: Cytochrome P-450scc-catalyzed production of progesterone from cholestenone.
abstract: Cholestenone, which is a 3-keto derivative of cholesterol, was incubated with cytochrome P-450SCC in a reconstituted hydroxylation system. Cholestenone was metabolized to progesterone with a turnover number of about 9 nmol/min/nmol P-450 in the presence of 0.01% Tween20. This value was about 70% of the maximal value for cholesterol. The final reaction product, progesterone, and three other minor reaction products, 20 alpha-hydroxycholest-4-en-3-one, 22R-hydroxycholest-4-en-3-one, 20,22-dihydroxycholest-4-en-3-one, were identified on the basis of its retention times on HPLC, thus suggesting them to be intermediates of side-chain cleavage of cholestenone. The results suggest that cholestenone is metabolized by two pathways, that is, the first hydroxylation occurs either at the C-20 position or at the C-22 position.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Nursing, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morishima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002783:Cholestenones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003902:Detergents / Q000737:chemistry; D006900:Hydroxylation; D011136:Polysorbates / Q000737:chemistry; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002783:Cholestenones; D003902:Detergents; D011136:Polysorbates; D011374:Progesterone; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme