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Facts about Sulfotransferase 2B1.
Sulfates hydroxysteroids like DHEA. Isoform 1 preferentially sulfonates cholesterol, and isoform 2 avidly sulfonates pregnenolone but not cholesterol.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SULT2B1 |
Uniprot: | O00204 |
Entrez: | 6820 |
Belongs to: |
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sulfotransferase 1 family |
Alcohol sulfotransferase; Cytosolic Sulfotransferase 2B1; EC 2.8.2; EC 2.8.2.2; HSST2; HSST2sulfotransferase family cytosolic 2B member 1; Hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase 2; ST2B1; Sulfotransferase 2B1; sulfotransferase family, cytosolic, 2B, member 1; SULT2B1
Mass (kDA):
41.308 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 19q13.33 |
Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (48552172..48599427) |
Expressed in the stratum granulosum-stratum corneum junction in the skin (at protein level). Expressed highly in placenta, prostate and trachea and lower expression in the small intestine and lung.
Cytoplasm, cytosol. Microsome. Nucleus. Phosphorylation of Ser-348 is required for translocation to the nucleus.
PMID: 9799594 by Her C., et al. Human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase SULT2B1: two enzymes encoded by a single chromosome 19 gene.
PMID: 12145317 by Fuda H., et al. Mutational analysis of human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase SULT2B1 isoforms reveals that exon 1B of the SULT2B1 gene produces cholesterol sulfotransferase, whereas exon 1A yields pregnenolone sulfotransferase.