Nanette R. Orme-Johnson

Professor Emeritus- Department of Biochemistry

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Research Focus

Molecular mechanism of peptide hormone control of steroid hormone biosynthesis.

Recent Publications

  1. Hartigan, J. A., Green, E. G., Mortensen, R. M., Menachery, A., Williams, G. H., and Orme-Johnson, N. R. (1995). Comparison of protein phosphorylation patterns produced in adrenal cells by activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and Ca-dependent protein kinase. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 53, 95-101.
  2. Green, E. G., and Orme-Johnson, N. R. (1991). Inhibition of steroidogenesis in rat adrenal cortex cells by a threonine analogue. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 40, 421-429.
  3. Griffing, G. T., Holbrook, M., Azar, S., Orme-Johnson, N. R., and Melby, J. C. (1991). Characterization of the adrenal 11 beta-hydroxylase in inbred salt-sensitive and resistant rats. Endocr Res 17, 63-83.
  4. Epstein, L. F., and Orme-Johnson, N. R. (1991). Acute action of luteinizing hormone on mouse Leydig cells: accumulation of mitochondrial phosphoproteins and stimulation of testosterone synthesis. Mol Cell Endocrinol 81, 113-126.
  5. Epstein, L. F., and Orme-Johnson, N. R. (1991). Regulation of steroid hormone biosynthesis. Identification of precursors of a phosphoprotein targeted to the mitochondrion in stimulated rat adrenal cortex cells. J Biol Chem 266, 19739-19745.

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