3-alpha-HSD

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Aldo-keto reductase family 1, member C4

PDB rendering based on 2fvl.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsAKR1C4; 3-alpha-HSD; C11; CDR; CHDR; DD-4; DD4; HAKRA
External IDsOMIM: 600451 MGI: 2653678 HomoloGene: 84695 ChEMBL: 4999 GeneCards: AKR1C4 Gene
EC number1.1.1.225, 1.1.1.50
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez110983702
EnsemblENSG00000198610ENSMUSG00000021210
UniProtP17516P70694
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001818NM_030611
RefSeq (protein)NP_001809NP_085114
Location (UCSC)Chr 10:
5.24 – 5.26 Mb
Chr 13:
4.43 – 4.46 Mb
PubMed search

3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3α-HSD), also known as aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C4, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AKR1C4 gene.[1][2] It is known to catalyze the reversible conversion of 3α-androstanediol (5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol) to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) (5α-androstan-17β-ol-3-one) and vice-versa.[3]

This gene encodes a member of the aldo/keto reductase superfamily, which consists of more than 40 known enzymes and proteins. These enzymes catalyze the conversion of aldehydes and ketones to their corresponding alcohols by utilizing NADH and/or NADPH as cofactors. The enzymes display overlapping but distinct substrate specificity. This enzyme catalyzes the bioreduction of chlordecone, a toxic organochlorine pesticide, to chlordecone alcohol in liver. This gene shares high sequence identity with three other gene members and is clustered with those three genes at chromosome 10p15-p14.[2]

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References

  1. Khanna M, Qin KN, Klisak I, Belkin S, Sparkes RS, Cheng KC (Jul 1995). "Localization of multiple human dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (DDH1 and DDH2) and chlordecone reductase (CHDR) genes in chromosome 10 by the polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence in situ hybridization". Genomics 25 (2): 588–90. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(95)80066-U. PMID 7789999. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: AKR1C4 aldo-keto reductase family 1, member C4 (chlordecone reductase; 3-alpha hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, type I; dihydrodiol dehydrogenase 4)". 
  3. Rizner TL, Lin HK, Peehl DM, Steckelbroeck S, Bauman DR, Penning TM (July 2003). "Human type 3 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (aldo-keto reductase 1C2) and androgen metabolism in prostate cells". Endocrinology 144 (7): 2922–32. doi:10.1210/en.2002-0032. PMID 12810547. 

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