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Mechanism of the Clinically Relevant E305G Mutation in Human P450 CYP17A1.
Biochemistry - 2 Nov 2021
Liu Yilin, Grinkova Yelena, Gregory Michael C, Denisov Ilia G, Kincaid James R, Sligar Stephen G
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Steroid metabolism in humans originates from cholesterol and involves several enzyme reactions including dehydrogenation, hydroxylation, and carbon-carbon bond cleavage that occur at regio- and stereo-specific points in the four-membered ring structure. Cytochrome P450s occur at critical junctions that control the production of the male sex hormones (androgens), the female hormones (estrogens) as well as the...
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