cytochrome P450 17A1; cytochrome P450 C17; steroid-17-alpha hydroxylase; steroid 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20 lyase; CYPXVII; P450-C17; P450c17; steroid 17-alpha-monooxygenase (CYP17A1, CYP17, S17AH)

Function

• steroid 17,20 lyase, involved in testosterone & estradiol synthesis
• conversion of pregnenolone to dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA); 17-alpha-hydroxypregnenolone is an intermediate
• conversion of progesterone to androstenedione; 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone is an intermediate
• catalyzes both 17-alpha-hydroxylation & 17,20-lyase phosphorylation is necessary for 17,20-lyase, but not for 17alpha-hydroxylase activity
• involved in sexual development during fetal life & at puberty
• regulated predominantly by intracellular cAMP levels

Pathology

• deficiency associated with congenital adrenal hyperplasia type-5

Pharmacology

• inhibitor abiraterone acetate may be useful for treatment of castration-resistanct prostate cancer

Laboratory

• CYP17A1 gene mutation

More general terms

• cytochrome P450
• steroid hydroxylase

Additional terms

• abiraterone acetate (Zytiga)
• congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21-hydroxylase deficiency)
• steroid biosynthesis

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P05093.html
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1586
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/202110
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1586