Protein Name hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 7
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 51478
Gene Symbol

HSD17B7

UniProt P56937 (DHB7_HUMAN), Q9H9C0 (Q9H9C0_HUMAN), A0A024R913 (A0A024R913_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 116
Total Number of Articles : 193
Description

hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 7

Gene Summary

HSD17B7 encodes an enzyme that functions both as a 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.62) in the biosynthesis of sex steroids and as a 3-ketosteroid reductase (EC 1.1.1.270) in the biosynthesis of cholesterol (Marijanovic et al., 2003 [PubMed 12829805]).[supplied by OMIM, May 2010]

synonyms
  • 3-keto-steroid reductase/17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 7
  • 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type VII
  • 17-beta-HSD 7
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Properties