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Facts about 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 6.
Converts 5-alpha-androstan-3- alpha,17-beta-diol into androsterone and estradiol to estrone (in vitro). Has 3-alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity towards androsterone (in vitro).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | HSD17B6 |
Uniprot: | O14756 |
Entrez: | 8630 |
Belongs to: |
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short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family |
17-beta-HSD 6; 17-beta-HSD6; 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 6; 3(alpha->beta)-hydroxysteroid epimerase; 3-alpha->beta-HSE; EC 1.1.1; EC 1.1.1.105; EC 1.1.1.62; EC 1.1.1.63; HSE3-hydroxysteroid epimerase; hydroxysteroid (17-beta) dehydrogenase 6 homolog (mouse); hydroxysteroid (17-beta) dehydrogenase 6; NAD+ -dependent 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3-hydroxysteroid epimerase; Oxidative 3-alpha hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; oxidative 3-alpha-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase; oxidoreductase; retinol dehydrogenase; RODH3(alpha->beta)-hydroxysteroid epimerasel; SDR9C6; short
Mass (kDA):
35.966 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12q13.3 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (56752449..56787790) |
Detected in liver and prostate (at protein level). Detected in adult liver, lung, brain, placenta, prostate, adrenal gland, testis, mammary gland, spleen, spinal cord and uterus. Detected in caudate nucleus, and at lower levels in amygdala, corpus callosum, hippocampus, substantia nigra and thalamus. Detected in fetal lung, liver and brain.
Microsome membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Lumenal side. Early endosome membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Lumenal side.
PMID: 9188497 by Biswas M.G., et al. Expression cloning and characterization of oxidative 17beta- and 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases from rat and human prostate.
PMID: 10896656 by Huang X.-F., et al. Molecular characterization of a first human 3(alpha-->beta)- hydroxysteroid epimerase.