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Active site proton delivery and the lyase activity of human CYP17A1.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 3 Jan 2014
Khatri Yogan, Gregory Michael C, Grinkova Yelena V, Denisov Ilia G, Sligar Stephen G
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P450 CYP17A1 catalyzes a series of reactions that lie at the intersection of corticoid and androgen biosynthesis and thus occupies an essential role in steroid hormone metabolism. This multifunctional enzyme catalyzes the 17α-hydroxylation of Δ4- and Δ5-steroids progesterone and pregnenolone to form the corresponding 17α-hydroxy products through its hydroxylase activity, and a subsequent...
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