19-Oxotestosterone (BioDeep_00000005779)

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19-oxotestosterone, also known as 19-aldehyde-testosterone, belongs to androgens and derivatives class of compounds. Those are 3-hydroxylated C19 steroid hormones. They are known to favor the development of masculine characteristics. They also show profound effects on scalp and body hair in humans. 19-oxotestosterone is practically insoluble (in water) and an extremely weak acidic compound (based on its pKa). 19-oxotestosterone can be found in a number of food items such as tree fern, italian sweet red pepper, anise, and atlantic herring, which makes 19-oxotestosterone a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products. 19-oxotestosterone can be found primarily throughout most human tissues. In humans, 19-oxotestosterone is involved in the androgen and estrogen metabolism. 19-oxotestosterone is also involved in a couple of metabolic disorders, which include 17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase III deficiency and aromatase deficiency.
19-Oxotestosterone is catalyzed by Aromatase (EC 1.14.14.1),also called estrogen synthetase (a cytochrome P450 enzyme which catalyzes the formation of aromatic C18 estrogens from C19 androgens; it is symbolized CYP19) into oestrogens via sequential oxidations at the 19-methyl group. Biosynthesis of estrogens from C19 steroids is catalyzed by aromatase and its tissue-specific expression is determined at least in part by alternative use of tissue-specific promoters, which give rise to transcripts with unique 5-prime noncoding termini.(OMIM 107910).

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