IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.1.99.2

Accepted name: 16-hydroxysteroid epimerase

Reaction: 16α-hydroxysteroid = 16β-hydroxysteroid

Systematic name: 16-hydroxysteroid 16-epimerase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 37318-40-4

References:

1. Dahm, K., Lindlau, M. and Breuer, H. Steroid epimerase-a new enzyme of estrogen metabolism. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 159 (1968) 377-389. [PMID: 5657462]

[EC 5.1.99.2 created 1972]


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