Molecular cloning and expression of human trophoblast antigen FDO161G and its identification as 3 beta-hydroxy-5-ene steroid dehydrogenase.
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Nickson DA, McBride MW, Zeinali S, Hawes CS, Petropoulos A, Mueller UW, Sutcliffe RG
Molecular cloning and expression of human trophoblast antigen FDO161G and its identification as 3 beta-hydroxy-5-ene steroid dehydrogenase.
J Reprod Fertil. 1991 Sep;93(1):149-56.
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The monoclonal antibody FDO161G reacts with a 43-kDa protein found in human extravillous trophoblast, syncytiotrophoblast, adrenal cortex, interstitial cells of the testis and ovarian follicle cumulus cells. cDNAs for this protein have been isolated from the lambda gt11 library, sequenced, and expressed in COS-7 cells. The protein was identified as 3 beta-hydroxy-5-ene steroid dehydrogenase (HSD). The sequence of the HSD protein raises questions about its association with cell membrane systems. The lack of reactivity of FDO161G with other tissues suggests that HSD has a limited tissue distribution and that other enzymes may exist in peripheral tissues, which can convert delta 5 3-hydroxysteroids to delta 4 3-ketosteroids.