Androgen and estrogen sulfotransferases of the rat liver: physiological function, molecular cloning, and in vitro expression.
Cloning of the androgen and estrogen sulfotransferases has allowed studies on their spatiotemporal regulation and physiological function. These two enzymes appear to be involved in regulating target cell sensitivity for the androgenic and estrogenic steroids. Recombinant androgen sulfotransferase produced in insect Sf9 cells through a baculoviral expression vector is capable of transferring the sulfate from PAPS (phosphoadenosine phosphosulfate) to 3 alpha, 3 beta, 17 alpha, and 17 beta hydroxyl groups of a number of steroid substrates indicating a broad range of substrate specificity.
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284.
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D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D010724:Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D015238:Sulfotransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D000728:Androgens; D004967:Estrogens; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010724:Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C044251:steroid sulfotransferase; C020122:estrone sulfotransferase