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Inborn errors of aldosterone biosynthesis in humans.
Steroids - 1 Jan 1995
Shizuta Y, Kawamoto T, Mitsuuchi Y, Miyahara K, Rösler A, Ulick S, Imura H
Abstract excerpt
Corticosterone methyl oxidase (CMO) type I and type II deficiencies are inborn errors at the penultimate and ultimate steps in the biosynthesis of aldosterone in humans. Recently, steroid 18-hydroxylase (P450C18), or aldosterone synthase (P450aldo), was shown to be a multifunctional enzyme catalyzing these two steps of aldosterone biosynthesis, i.e., the conversion of corticosterone to 18-hydroxycorticosterone...
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