| Literature DB >> 16413960 |
Gabriele Moeller1, Jerzy Adamski.
Abstract
17Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (17beta-HSDs) belong to the family of short chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDRs) and aldoketo-reductases (AKRs). Some of the enzymes were discovered and named due to their enzymatic activity on steroid substrates or according to their sequence homology to other 17beta-HSDs. During characterisation of these enzymes it turned out that their substrate specificity is broader than first expected and key functions of some 17beta-HSDs in vivo are probably not in steroid metabolism but in basic metabolic pathways. The issue of such multifunctionality is the topic of this review.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16413960 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.11.031
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Endocrinol ISSN: 0303-7207 Impact factor: 4.102