Abstract
We expressed a guinea pig 11β-hydroxylase cDNA (1) in COS-1 cells. In order to find the optimal expression system we compared three expression plasmids, each driven by a different promoter. Although promoters exhibited different transcriptional activities this did not result in different enzymatic activities. Upon cotransfection with bovine adrenodoxin a 5-fold increase of enzyme activity was achieved. A comparison with the bovine 11β- hydroxylase clearly demonstrated that the guinea pig enzyme was not able to produce significant amounts of 18-hydroxylated and 18-oxidized products from deoxycorticosterone under the experimental conditions used.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 479-484 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Endocrine Research |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Endocrinology
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