Steroid dehydrogenases in the kidney of musk shrew, Crocidura caerulea: a histochemical study.
The presence of NADH diaphorase, G-6-PDH, ICDH, delta5-3beta-HSDH, 17beta-HSDH and 11beta-HSDH enzyme activity has been histochemically demonstrated in the renal and the collecting tubules of the kidney of the musk shrew, Crocidura caerulea, a primitive mammal. It is inferred that the kidney is capable of converting delta5-3beta, 17beta- and 11beta-hydroxysteroids to ketosteroids, presumably, during steroid excretion.
D000818:Animals; D008058:Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D012788:Shrews
D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D008058:Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase