| Author/Editor | Plemenitaš, Ana; Kastelic-Suhadolc, Tatjana; Žigon, Dušan; Žakelj-Mavrič, Marija | |
| Title | Steroidogenesis in the fungus Pleurotus ostreatus | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | Comp Biochem Physiol, Part B Biochem Mol Biol | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 123, št. 2 | |
| Publication year | 1999 | |
| Volume | str. 175-9 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | The steroid hormones testosterone, androstenedione, progesterone and their metabolic products testosterone acetate and testolactone were identified as endogenously synthesised molecules in the fungus Pleurotus ostreatus. We discuss the possible steroidogenic pathway in the fungus in view of the evolutionary origin of the steroid hormone signalling system. | |
| Descriptors | FUNGI TESTOSTERONE ANDROSTENEDIONE PROGESTERONE 17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, MASS |