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A full-length cDNA clone that encodes progesterone 5beta-reductase (5beta-POR, EC 1.3.1.3) was isolated from ISOPLEXIS CANARIENSIS leaves. The reading frame of the IC5beta-POR gene is 1170 nucleotides corresponding to 389 amino acids. The SPHI /SALI IC5beta-POR fragment was cloned into the pQE
Vein Patterning 1 (VEP1)-encoded progesterone 5β-reductases/iridoid synthases (PRISE) belong to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase superfamily of proteins. They are characterized by a set of highly conserved amino acids in the substrate-binding pocket. All PRISEs are capable of reducing the
The Arabidopsis thaliana VEP1 gene product shows about 70% sequence identity to Digitalis lanata progesterone 5beta-reductase, an enzyme considered to catalyze a key step in the biosynthesis of cardiac glycosides. A. thaliana does not accumulate cardenolides but protein extracts prepared from its
Most cardenolides used in the therapy of cardiac insufficiency are 5 beta-configured and thus the stereo-specific reduction of the Delta(4,5)-double bond of a steroid precursor is a crucial step in their biosynthesis. This step is thought to be catalysed by progesterone 5 beta-reductases. We report
Progesterone 5β-reductases (P5βR; EC 1.3.99.6) encoded by Vein Patterning 1 (VEP1) genes are capable of reducing the CC double-bond of a variety of enones enantioselectively. Sequence and activity data of orthologous P5βRs were used to define a set of residues possibly responsible for the large
Progesterone is a mammalian gonadal hormone. In the current study, we identified and quantified progesterone in a range of higher plants by using GC-MS and examined its effects on the vegetative growth of plants. The growth of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings was promoted by progesterone
The first two steps of the steroidogenic pathway were reproduced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Engineering of sterol biosynthesis by disruption of the delta 22-desaturase gene and introduction of the Arabidopsis thaliana delta 7-reductase activity and coexpression of bovine side chain cleavage
PRISEs (progesterone 5β-reductase and/or iridoid synthase-like 1,4-enone reductases) are involved in cardenolide and iridoid biosynthesis. We here investigated a PRISE (rAtSt5βR) from Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant producing neither cardenolides nor iridoids. The structure of rAtSt5βR was elucidated
A putative Membrane Steroid Binding Protein (designated MSBP1) was identified and functionally characterized as a negative regulator of cell elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. The MSBP1 gene encodes a 220-amino acid protein that can bind to progesterone, 5-dihydrotestosterone, 24-epi-brassinolide
The physiological role of steroid hormones in humans is well known, and the metabolic pathway and mechanisms of action are almost completely elucidated. The role of plant steroid hormones, brassinosteroids, is less known, but an increasing amount of data on brassinosteroid biosynthesis is showing