Type of enzyme
Steroidogenesis of steroid hormones.[ 1]
Steroidogenic enzymes are enzymes that are involved in steroidogenesis and steroid biosynthesis.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] They are responsible for the biosynthesis of the steroid hormones, including sex steroids (androgens, estrogens, and progestogens) and corticosteroids (glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids), as well as neurosteroids, from cholesterol.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Steroidogenic enzymes are most highly expressed in classical steroidogenic tissues, such as the testis, ovary, and adrenal cortex, but are also present in other tissues in the body.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
List of steroidogenic enzymes [ edit ]
Steroid desmolases
Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (20,22-desmolase) – steroid synthesis
17,20-Lyase (17,20-desmolase) – androgen synthesis
Steroid hydroxylases
11β-Hydroxylase – corticosteroid synthesis
17α-Hydroxylase – androgen and glucocorticoid synthesis
18-Hydroxylase (aldosterone synthase) – mineralocorticoid synthesis
21-Hydroxylase – corticosteroid synthesis
Cytochrome P450 (CYP1, 2, 3) – estrogen metabolism
Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (and ketosteroid reductases)
3α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase – androgen, progestogen, and neurosteroid synthesis and metabolism
3β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5-4 -isomerase (1, 2) – androgen, progestogen, and neurosteroid synthesis
11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (1, 2) – corticosteroid synthesis and metabolism
17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (1–15) – androgen, estrogen, and progestogen synthesis and metabolism
20α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase – progestogen synthesis and metabolism
20β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase – progestogen synthesis and metabolism
Steroid numbering.
Steroid reductases
5α-Reductase (1, 2, 3) – androgen and neurosteroid synthesis, progestogen metabolism
5β-Reductase – androgen and progestogen metabolism, neurosteroid synthesis
Conjugation (and deconjugation)
Glucuronosyltransferase (UGT2Bs) – steroid metabolism[ 6]
Glucuronidase (β-glucuronidase) – steroid synthesis[ 7]
Steroid sulfotransferase (SULT1A1, 1E1, 2A1, 2B1a, 2B1b) – steroid metabolism, neurosteroid synthesis[ 8]
Steroid sulfatase – steroid synthesis, neurosteroid metabolism[ 8]
Others
Aromatase (estrogen synthetase) – estrogen synthesis
See also [ edit ]
Inborn errors of steroid metabolism
Steroidogenesis inhibitor
References [ edit ]
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^ Hanukoglu I (Dec 1992). "Steroidogenic enzymes: structure, function, and role in regulation of steroid hormone biosynthesis" . The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . 43 (8): 779– 804. doi:10.1016/0960-0760(92)90307-5 . PMID 22217824 . S2CID 112729 .
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^ a b c Luu-The V, Labrie F (2010). "The Intracrine Sex Steroid Biosynthesis Pathways". Neuroendocrinology: The Normal Neuroendocrine System . Progress in Brain Research. Vol. 181. pp. 177– 92. doi:10.1016/S0079-6123(08)81010-2 . ISBN 9780444536174 . PMID 20478438 .
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Metabolism: lipid metabolism – ketones/cholesterol synthesis enzymes/steroid metabolism
Mevalonate pathway
To HMG-CoA
Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase
HMG-CoA synthase (regulated step)
Ketogenesis
HMG-CoA lyase
3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase
Thiophorase
To Mevalonic acid To DMAPP
Mevalonate kinase
Phosphomevalonate kinase
Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase
Isopentenyl-diphosphate delta isomerase
Geranyl-
Dimethylallyltranstransferase
Geranyl pyrophosphate
To cholesterol
To lanosterol
Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase
Squalene monooxygenase
Lanosterol synthase
7-Dehydrocholesterol path
Lanosterol 14α-demethylase
Sterol-C5-desaturase-like
7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase
Desmosterol path
24-Dehydrocholesterol reductase
To Bile acids
Cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase
Sterol 27-hydroxylase
Steroidogenesis
To pregnenolone
Cholesterol side-chain cleavage
To corticosteroids
aldosterone: 18-Hydroxylase
cortisol/cortisone: 17α-Hydroxylase
11β-HSD
both: 3β-HSD
21-Hydroxylase
11β-Hydroxylase
To sex hormones
To androgens
17α-Hydroxylase
17,20-Lyase
3β-HSD
17β-HSD
5α-Reductase
To estrogens
Other/ungrouped
Steroid metabolism: sulfatase
sulfotransferase
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein
Cholesterol total synthesis
Reverse cholesterol transport