Article
The regulation of 17,20 lyase activity.
Steroids - 1 Jan 1997
Miller W L, Auchus R J, Geller D H
Abstract excerpt
P450c17 is a single microsomal enzyme that catalyzes two distinct steroid biosynthetic activities: 17 alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20 lyase. Human beings have only one gene that encodes only one form of P450c17. Three clinical observations indicated that these were independently regulated activities. First, several cases of isolated 17,20 lyase deficiency were reported, in which 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity was...
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