A novel type of P450c17 lacking the lyase activity is responsible for C21-steroid biosynthesis in the fish ovary and head kidney

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4282-4291

  Zhou, Lin Yan ^a,b   Wang, De Shou ^a,c,d   Kobayashi, Tohru ^a,e   Yano, Akihiro ^a   Paul Prasanth, Bindhu ^a,c   Suzuki, Aya ^a,c   Sakai, Fumie ^a,c   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450C17; CYTOCHROME P450C17 I; CYTOCHROME P450C17 II; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LYASE; STEROID 17 ALPHA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FISH; FISH GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; LEYDIG CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; ORYZIAS; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GENOME; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 34548067661     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0487     Document Type: Article

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