| Structural highlights
4xo6 is a 2 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
| | Ligands: | , , , , , |
| Related: | 4l1w, 4l1x, 4xo7 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Disease
[AK1C2_HUMAN] Defects in AKR1C2 are a cause of 46,XY sex reversal type 8 (SRXY8) [MIM:614279]. A disorder of sex development. Affected individuals have a 46,XY karyotype but present as phenotypically normal females.[1]
Function
[AK1C2_HUMAN] Works in concert with the 5-alpha/5-beta-steroid reductases to convert steroid hormones into the 3-alpha/5-alpha and 3-alpha/5-beta-tetrahydrosteroids. Catalyzes the inactivation of the most potent androgen 5-alpha-dihydrotestosterone (5-alpha-DHT) to 5-alpha-androstane-3-alpha,17-beta-diol (3-alpha-diol). Has a high bile-binding ability.[2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Human 3alpha-HSD3 (3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3) plays an essential role in the inactivation of the most potent androgen 5alpha-DHT (5alpha-dihydrotestosterone). The present study attempts to obtain the important structure of 3alpha-HSD3 in complex with 5alpha-DHT and to investigate the role of 3alpha-HSD3 in breast cancer cells. We report the crystal structure of human 3alpha-HSD3.NADP(+).A-dione (5alpha-androstane-3,17-dione)/epi-ADT (epiandrosterone) complex, which was obtained by co-crystallization with 5alpha-DHT in the presence of NADP(+) Although 5alpha-DHT was introduced during the crystallization, oxidoreduction of 5alpha-DHT occurred. The locations of A-dione and epi-ADT were identified in the steroid-binding sites of two 3alpha-HSD3 molecules per crystal asymmetric unit. An overlay showed that A-dione and epi-ADT were oriented upside-down and flipped relative to each other, providing structural clues for 5alpha-DHT reverse binding in the enzyme with the generation of different products. Moreover, we report the crystal structure of the 3alpha-HSD3.NADP(+).4-dione (4-androstene-3,17-dione) complex. When a specific siRNA (100 nM) was used to suppress 3alpha-HSD3 expression without interfering with 3alpha-HSD4, which shares a highly homologous active site, the 5alpha-DHT concentration increased, whereas MCF7 cell growth was suppressed. The present study provides structural clues for 5alpha-DHT reverse binding within 3alpha-HSD3, and demonstrates for the first time that down-regulation of 3alpha-HSD3 decreases MCF7 breast cancer cell growth.
Human 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3: structural clues of 5alpha-DHT reverse binding and enzyme down-regulation decreasing MCF7 cell growth.,Zhang B, Hu XJ, Wang XQ, Theriault JF, Zhu DW, Shang P, Labrie F, Lin SX Biochem J. 2016 Apr 15;473(8):1037-46. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20160083. Epub 2016 Feb, 29. PMID:26929402[3]
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References
- ↑ Fluck CE, Meyer-Boni M, Pandey AV, Kempna P, Miller WL, Schoenle EJ, Biason-Lauber A. Why boys will be boys: two pathways of fetal testicular androgen biosynthesis are needed for male sexual differentiation. Am J Hum Genet. 2011 Aug 12;89(2):201-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.06.009. Epub, 2011 Jul 28. PMID:21802064 doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.06.009
- ↑ Hara A, Matsuura K, Tamada Y, Sato K, Miyabe Y, Deyashiki Y, Ishida N. Relationship of human liver dihydrodiol dehydrogenases to hepatic bile-acid-binding protein and an oxidoreductase of human colon cells. Biochem J. 1996 Jan 15;313 ( Pt 2):373-6. PMID:8573067
- ↑ Zhang B, Hu XJ, Wang XQ, Theriault JF, Zhu DW, Shang P, Labrie F, Lin SX. Human 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3: structural clues of 5alpha-DHT reverse binding and enzyme down-regulation decreasing MCF7 cell growth. Biochem J. 2016 Apr 15;473(8):1037-46. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20160083. Epub 2016 Feb, 29. PMID:26929402 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20160083
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