SRD5A1

3-Oxo-5α-steroid 4-dehydrogenase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SRD5A1 gene. It is one of three forms of steroid 5α-reductase.

SRD5A1
Identifiers
AliasesSRD5A1, S5AR 1, steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1
External IDsOMIM: 184753 MGI: 98400 HomoloGene: 37426 GeneCards: SRD5A1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

6715

78925

Ensembl

ENSG00000145545

ENSMUSG00000021594

UniProt

P18405

Q68FF9

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001047
NM_001324322
NM_001324323

NM_175283

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001038
NP_001311251
NP_001311252

NP_780492

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 6.63 – 6.67 MbChr 13: 69.72 – 69.76 Mb
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Steroid 5α-reductase (EC 1.3.99.5) catalyzes, among other reactions, the conversion of testosterone into the more potent androgen, 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The SRD5A1, SRD5A2, and SRD5A3 genes in humans all encode 5α-reductase isozymes.

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