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Details on Person UniProt:Q92506 HSD17B8

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commentFUNCTION Required for the solubility and assembly of the heterotetramer 3-ketoacyl-[acyl carrier protein] (ACP) reductase functional complex (KAR or KAR1) that forms part of the mitochondrial fatty acid synthase (mtFAS). Alpha-subunit of the KAR complex that acts as a scaffold protein required for the stability of carbonyl reductase type-4 (CBR4, beta-subunit of the KAR complex) and for its 3-ketoacyl-ACP reductase activity, thereby participating in mitochondrial fatty acid biosynthesis. Catalyzes the NAD-dependent conversion of (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA into 3-ketoacyl-CoA (3-oxoacyl-CoA) with no chain length preference; this enzymatic activity is not needed for the KAR function (PubMed:19571038, PubMed:25203508, PubMed:30508570). Prefers (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA over (3S)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA and displays enzymatic activity only in the presence of NAD(+) (PubMed:19571038). Cooperates with enoyl-CoA hydratase 1 in mitochondria, together they constitute an alternative route to the auxiliary enzyme pathways for the breakdown of Z-PUFA (cis polyunsaturated fatty acid) enoyl-esters (Probable) (PubMed:30508570). NAD-dependent 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase with highest activity towards estradiol (17beta-estradiol or E2). Has very low activity towards testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-3-one). Primarily an oxidative enzyme, it can switch to a reductive mode determined in the appropriate physiologic milieu and catalyze the reduction of estrone (E1) to form biologically active 17beta-estradiol (PubMed:17978863).CATALYTIC ACTIVITY a (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA + NAD(+) = a 3-oxoacyl-CoA + NADH + H(+)CATALYTIC ACTIVITY 17beta-estradiol + NAD(+) = estrone + NADH + H(+)CATALYTIC ACTIVITY testosterone + NAD(+) = androst-4-ene-3,17-dione + NADH + H(+)CATALYTIC ACTIVITY 17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-3-one + NAD(+) = 5alpha-androstan-3,17-dione + NADH + H(+)PATHWAY Steroid biosynthesis; estrogen biosynthesis.PATHWAY Lipid metabolism; fatty acid biosynthesis.PATHWAY Lipid metabolism; mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation.SUBUNIT Heterotetramer with CBR4; contains two molecules of HSD17B8 and CBR4.INTERACTION Widely expressed, particularly abundant in prostate, placenta and kidney (PubMed:17978863). Expressed at protein level in various tissues like brain, cerebellum, heart, lung, kidney, ovary, testis, adrenals and prostate (PubMed:30508570).INDUCTION Up-regulated by estradiol.MISCELLANEOUS The fatty acyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity is several thousand times higher than the estradiol and testosterone 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase conversion.SIMILARITY Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family.
descriptionrecommendedName: (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase ecNumber evidence="7 8"1.1.1.n12 alternativeName: fullName evidence="11 13"17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 8 shortName: 17-beta-HSD 8 shortName evidence="13"HSD17B8 alternativeName: fullName evidence="13"3-ketoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase alpha subunit shortName evidence="13"KAR alpha subunit alternativeName: 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase alternativeName: Estradiol 17-beta-dehydrogenase 8 ecNumber evidence="5"1.1.1.62 alternativeName: Protein Ke6 shortName evidence="11 12"Ke6 alternativeName: Short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 30C member 1 alternativeName: Testosterone 17-beta-dehydrogenase 8 ecNumber evidence="5"1.1.1.239
geneNameHSD17B8
FABGL
HKE6
RING2
SDR30C1
identifierQ92506
isSequenceChangedFALSE
keyword3D-structure
Fatty acid biosynthesis
Fatty acid metabolism
Lipid biosynthesis
Lipid metabolism
Mitochondrion
NAD
Oxidoreductase
Phosphoprotein
Proteomics identification
Reference proteome
Steroid biosynthesis
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nameHSD17B8
referenceDatabase[ReferenceDatabase:2] UniProt
referenceGene[ReferenceDNASequence:8962431] ENSEMBL:ENSG00000204228 HSD17B8 [Homo sapiens]
secondaryIdentifierDHB8_HUMAN
A6NLX7
Q5STP7
Q9UIQ1
sequenceLength261
species[Species:48887] Homo sapiens
(referenceEntity)[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:8862105] HSD17B8 [mitochondrial matrix] [Homo sapiens]
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