Steroid 2ß-hydroxylation

Last modified: Fri Jul 9 14:31:36 BST 2004

Steroid
NADPH
2ß-Hydroxysteroid


Steroid carbon nomenclature

Pathway:

Reaction: steroid ß-hydroxylation at C2
Enzyme: steroid 2ß-hydroxylase, CYP3A
EC 1.14.14.1

Reference

  1. Waxman, D.J., Lapenson, D.P., Aoyama, T., Gelboin, H.V., Gonzalez, F.J. and Korzekwa, K. (1991) Steroid hormone hydroxylase specificities of eleven cDNA-expressed human cytochrome P450s. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 290, 160-166.


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