Species Human Entrez 51144 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000149084 | |
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Aliases HSD17B12, KAR, SDR12C1, hydroxysteroid (17-beta) dehydrogenase 12, hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 12 External IDs MGI: 1926967 HomoloGene: 95094 GeneCards: HSD17B12 | ||
Estradiol 17-beta-dehydrogenase 12 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HSD17B12 gene.
The enzyme 17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-12 (HSD17B12) uses NADPH to reduce 3-ketoacyl-CoA to 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA during the second step of fatty acid elongation.[supplied by OMIM]
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