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The R337C mutation generates a high Km 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type II enzyme in a family with apparent mineralocorticoid excess.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 1995
Obeyesekere V R, Ferrari P, Andrews R K, Wilson R C, New M I, Funder J W, Krozowski Z S
Abstract excerpt
The 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type II enzyme (11 beta HSD2) inactivates glucocorticoids in the kidney and thus permits aldosterone to occupy the non-selective mineralocorticoid receptor in epithelial tissues. We have recently described a C to T transition in the HSD11B2 gene which results in an arginine to cysteine mutation (R337C) in the 11 beta HSD2 enzyme in a consanguineous family with three...
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