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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Alcohol Oxidoreductases > NAD (+) and NADP (+) Dependent Alcohol Oxidoreductases > 20-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases > Cortisone Reductase

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Cortisone Reductase  

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Entry terms

  • 20 beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase
  • 20-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase
  • Dehydrogenase, 20-beta-Hydroxysteroid

Scope note

  • An enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of a ketone and hydroxy group at C-20 of cortisone and other 17,20,21-trihydroxy steroids. EC 1.1.1.53.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under 20-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003349

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