background:
HSD11B1 is a microsomal enzyme that catalyses the conversion of the stress hormone cortisol to the inactive metabolite cortisone. In addition, the encoded protein can catalyse the reverse reaction, the conversion of cortisone to cortisol. Too much cortisol can lead to central obesity, and a particular variation in this gene has been associated with obesity and insulin resistance in children. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.
Subunit:
Homodimer.
Subcellular Location:
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.
Tissue Specificity:
Widely expressed. Highest expression in liver.
Similarity:
Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 3290 Human
Entrez Gene: 15483 Mouse
Entrez Gene: 25116 Rat
Omim: 600713 Human
SwissProt: Q6R0J2 Hamster
SwissProt: P28845 Human
SwissProt: P50172 Mouse
SwissProt: Q7M3I4 Rabbit
SwissProt: P16232 Rat
Unigene: 195040 Human
Unigene: 28328 Mouse
Unigene: 185798 Rat
Unigene: 888 Rat
Important Note:
This product as supplied is intended for research use only, not for use in human, therapeutic or diagnostic applications.
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