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Query: EC:1.3.5.1 (succinate dehydrogenase)
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Results from these studies demonstrate that we have purified a protein from rat prostate cytosol that is similar to the beta-protein (complex II) but different from the alpha-protein (complex I) reported by Liao et al. The purified receptor was different from androgen binding protein (ABP) in that ABP has a faster dissociation rate (6 min), a lower pI value (4.6), and requires higher concentrations of ammonium sulfate for precipitation (40-50%) than the prostatic androgen receptor. It is not likely that we have purified a serum sex-steroid binding protein since no such protein is found in rat serum. This report presents a rapid and efficient procedure for the purification of androgen receptor from rat ventral prostate. However, the present procedure only allowed us to obtain a limited quantity of purified receptor from each preparation. It is obvious that we need to scale up the purification of the receptor in order to study in detail its physicochemical properties and to produce monospecific antibodies against the protein. This work is in progress. In addition, we have demonstrated that two affinity labels can be used to bind covalently to the androgen receptor. Most importantly, these compounds can be used to characterize androgen receptors under both nondenaturing and denaturing conditions and represent useful tools for future work with androgen receptor proteins and androphilic proteins in general.
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PMID:Molecular properties of the androgen receptor in rat ventral prostate. 659 24

Androgen binding activity was evaluated in different subcellular particulate fractions obtained by differential centrifugation of 32-day-old rat seminiferous tubules homogenates. After eliminating heavy particles by centrifugation at 4300 g during 4 min in 0.25 M sucrose buffer, a 27,000 g pellet was obtained and layered on 1.05 M sucrose buffer. The relatively light particulate interface (LPF) formed during centrifugation at 27,000 g 60 min, showed the highest androgen binding activity among particulate fractions. This binding was associated with the plasma membrane marker 5'-nucleotidase and it did not follow any of six other subcellular structure markers: DNA for nuclei, succinate dehydrogenase for mitochondria, acid phosphatase for lysosomes, NADPH-cytochrome C reductase for smooth endoplasmic reticulum, RNA for rough endoplasmic reticulum and lactate dehydrogenase for cytosol. In LPF, concentrations of sites were estimated to be 328 +/- 54 fmol per mg proteins and affinity constant 0.78 +/- 0.23 10(9) M-1. Heat stability, steroid specificity, affinity constant and rate of dissociation were similar to the well known androgen binding protein, ABP. Presence of ABP or a similar protein in subcellular particles might play a role in the mechanism of action of androgens in seminiferous tubules of maturing rats.
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PMID:Androgen binding to subcellular particles of rat testis. 710 3