3-oxo-5beta-steroid 4-dehydrogenase explained

3-oxo-5-beta-steroid 4-dehydrogenase
Ec Number:1.3.99.6
Cas Number:9067-97-4
Go Code:0047568

In enzymology, a 3-oxo-5beta-steroid 4-dehydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

a 3-oxo-5beta-steroid + acceptor

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a 3-oxo-Delta4-steroid + reduced acceptor

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are 3-oxo-5beta-steroid and acceptor, whereas its two products are 3-oxo-Delta4-steroid and reduced acceptor.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, to be specific, those acting on the CH-CH group of donor with other acceptors. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 3-oxo-5beta-steroid:acceptor Delta4-oxidoreductase. This enzyme is also called 3-oxo-5beta-steroid:(acceptor) Delta4-oxidoreductase. This enzyme participates in 3 metabolic pathways: bile acid biosynthesis, c21-steroid hormone metabolism, and androgen and estrogen metabolism.

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