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Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase

"Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

An oxidoreductase that catalyzes the conversion of compounds that contain 5-alpha-cholestan-3-one into the cholest-4-en-3-one derivative. It plays an important role in the conversion of TESTOSTERONE into DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE and PROGESTERONE into DIHYDROPROGESTERONE.


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