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Rabbit Anti-HSD17B7 antibody
HSD17B7 encodes an enzyme that functions both as a 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.62) in the biosynthesis of sex steroids and as a 3-ketosteroid reductase (EC 1.1.1.270) in the biosynthesis of cholesterol (Marijanovic et al., 2003 [PubMed 1285965]).[supplied by OMIM, May 2010]
Function:
Responsible for the reduction of the keto group on the SLC3 of sterols.
Subcellular Location:
Cell membrane.
Tissue Specificity:
Highly expressed in adrenal gland, liver, lung and thymus. Expressed in breast, ovaries, pituitary gland, pregnant uterus, prostate, kidney, lymph node, small intestine, spinal cord and trachea. Weakly expressed in all other tissues tested. Isoform 3 is expressed in eye ciliary epithelial cells and neuroendocrine cells.
Post-translational modifications:
Phosphorylated.
Similarity:
Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. ERG27 subfamily.
SWISS:
P56937
Gene ID:
51478
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 51478 Human
Entrez Gene: 15490 Mouse
Entrez Gene: 29540 Rat
Omim: 606756 Human
SwissProt: P56937 Human
SwissProt: O88736 Mouse
SwissProt: Q62904 Rat
Unigene: 492925 Human
Unigene: 12882 Mouse
Unigene: 7040 Rat
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