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Testosterone 5-alpha-Reductase

Known as: 5 alpha Reductase, Testosterone, delta4 3 ketosteroid 5alpha Oxidoreductase, 5Alpha Reductase, Steroid 
3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase 2 (254 aa, ~28 kDa) is encoded by the human SRD5A2 gene. This protein plays a role in sexual differentiation… 
National Institutes of Health

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3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase activityAndrogen Metabolism ProcessBile Acid Biosynthesis PathwayCongenital adrenal hyperplasia

Broader (1)

Oxidoreductase

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Pseudovaginal Perineoscrotal HypospadiasSrd5a1 protein, ratSrd5a2 protein, rat

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1986
1986
Benign mitochondrial myopathy with deficiency of NADH-CoQ reductase and cytochrome c oxidase.
Since birth a female child had been weak and hypotonic. At three months of age, head control was lacking; sucking and crying were… 
1986
1986
Milia induced by corticosteroids.
To the Editor.— A number of adverse side effects have been described after prolonged or excessive use of topical corticosteroids… 
1983
1983
Solubilization and partial characterization of rat epididymal delta 4-steroid 5 alpha-reductase (cholestenone 5 alpha-reductase).
Epididymal delta 4-steroid 5 alpha-reductase (cholestenone 5 alpha-reductase), the enzyme that catalyses the conversion of… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Prostatic steroid binding protein: gene duplication and steroid binding
The principal secretory protein in rat prostatic fluid is a steroid binding protein1–6 whose expression is stimulated by… 
1978
1978
Characterization of the sex steroid binding protein of human pregnancy serum. Improvements in the purification procedure.
The sex steroid binding protein (SBP) of human pregnancy serum was purified to homogeneity by the sequential use of ammonium… 
1978
1978
Suggestion of abnormal testicular steroidogenesis in some oligospermic men.
Androgen biosynthesis in the testis may be analyzed in some detail by means of techniques of in vitro incubation of small… 
1975
1975
Studies of the human testis. VII. Conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone.
Delta5-3beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (EC.1.1.1.145) and steroid delta-isomerase (EC.5.3.3.1) were extracted from frozen… 
1972
1972
Inhibition of nuclear testosterone 5 alpha-reductase in rat ventral prostate by estrogens and anti-androgens.
The activity of testosterone 5α-reductase in purified nuclei of rat ventral prostate was inhibited by addition of estradiol-17… 
1967
1967
Relative effectiveness of various steroids in an androgen assay using the exorbital lacrimal gland of the castrated rat. II. C 19-steroids of the 5-alpha-androstane series.
1966
1966
Purification and mechanism of action of a steroid delta-4-5-beta-dehydrogenase.
Abstract A soluble Δ4-5β-dehydrogenase has been isolated from extracts of Pseudomonas testosteroni grown on a steroid-containing… 
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