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JBC, Vol. 250, Issue 13, 5015-5019, Jul, 1975

Guinea pig liver 3-hydroxyhexobarbital dehydrogenase. Purification and properties

E. Kageura and S. Toki

3-Hydroxyhexobarbital dehydrogenase, which catalyzes the reversible oxidation of 3-hydroxyhexobarbital to 3-oxohexobarbital, has been purified 470-fold from the soluble fraction of guinea pig liver with a yield of 47%. The specific activity of the purified enzyme is 9.4 units/mg of protein. Results of polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing indicated that the purified enzyme preparation is a single and homogeneous protein. NADP+ served as preferred co-factor, but NAD+ is also utilized in the presence of phosphate ion. The guinea pig liver enzyme possessed a relatively narrow substrate specificity in comparison with the rabbit liver enzyme. It is very distinctive that guinea pig liver 3-hydroxyhexobarbital dehydrogenase catalyzes the dehydrogenation of 17beta-hydroxysteroids such as testosterone, 4-androstene-3beta,17beta-diol, 5alpha-androstane-3alpha,17beta-diol, 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol, 5alpha-androstan-17beta-ol-3-one, and 5beta-androstane-3alpha,17beta-diol.
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