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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Alcohol Oxidoreductases > NAD (+) and NADP (+) Dependent Alcohol Oxidoreductases > Progesterone Reductase
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Alcohol Oxidoreductases > Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases > 3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases > Progesterone Reductase

Preferred term

Progesterone Reductase  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 3 beta Hydroxy delta 5 Steroid Dehydrogenase
  • 3 beta-Hydroxy-delta-5-Steroid Dehydrogenase
  • 5 Ene 3 beta hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase
  • 5-Ene-3 beta-hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase
  • Dehydrogenase, 3 beta-Hydroxy-delta-5-Steroid
  • Dehydrogenase, 5-Ene-3 beta-hydroxysteroid
  • Steroid delta(5)-3 beta-ol Dehydrogenase

Scope note

  • An enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a 3 beta-hydroxy-delta(5)-steroid to 3-oxo-delta(4)-steroid in the presence of NAD. It converts pregnenolone to progesterone and dehydroepiandrosterone to androstenedione. EC 1.1.1.145.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011375

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