Protein Information

Name aldo keto reductase (protein family or complex)
Synonyms aldo keto reductase; aldo keto reductases

Compound Information

Name chlordecone
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Reference List

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2420999 Molowa DT, Wrighton SA, Blanke RV, Guzelian PS: Characterization of a unique aldo-keto reductase responsible for the reduction of chlordecone in the liver of the gerbil and man. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1986;17(4):375-84.
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9310340 Jez JM, Flynn TG, Penning TM: A new nomenclature for the aldo-keto reductase superfamily. Biochem Pharmacol. 1997 Sep 15;54(6):639-47.

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2427522 Molowa DT, Shayne AG, Guzelian PS: Purification and characterization of chlordecone reductase from human liver. J Biol Chem. 1986 Sep 25;261(27):12624-7.

The toxic organochlorine pesticide, chlordecone (Kepone), is excreted in human bile primarily as a stable, reduced monoalcohol metabolite.
We purified this enzyme from human liver and found that chlordecone reductase resembles the family of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes referred to as the aldo-keto reductases based on its biochemical characteristics, including its ability to catalyze the reduction of a carbonyl-containing substrate.
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10510318 O'connor T, Ireland LS, Harrison DJ, Hayes JD: Major differences exist in the function and tissue-specific expression of human aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase and the principal human aldo-keto reductase AKR1 family members. Biochem J. 1999 Oct 15;343 Pt 2:487-504.

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8446108 Lacy WR, Washenick KJ, Cook RG, Dunbar BS: Molecular cloning and expression of an abundant rabbit ovarian protein with 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity. Mol Endocrinol. 1993 Jan;7(1):58-66.


Amino acid sequence data indicate a similarity to human chlordecone reductase, bovine lung prostaglandin F synthase, human aldose reductase, human aldehyde reductase, and frog lens rho-crystallin, placing rabbit ovarian 20 alpha HSD in the aldo-keto reductase family of proteins.
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2187532 Winters CJ, Molowa DT, Guzelian PS: Isolation and characterization of cloned cDNAs encoding human liver chlordecone reductase. Biochemistry. 1990 Jan 30;29(4):1080-7.

Chlordecone (Kepone), a toxic organochlorine pesticide, undergoes bioreduction to chlordecone alcohol in human liver.
This reaction is controlled by a cytosolic enzyme, chlordecone reductase (CDR), which may be of the aldo-keto reductase family of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes [Molowa et al. (1986) J.
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8172618 Miura R, Shiota K, Noda K, Yagi S, Ogawa T, Takahashi M: Molecular cloning of cDNA for rat ovarian 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD1). Biochem J. 1994 Apr 15;299 ( Pt 2):561-7.


The sequence showed high similarity with those of rat liver 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 alpha-HSD), bovine lung prostaglandin F synthase (PGFS), human liver chlordecone reductase (CDR), frog lens rho-crystallin and aldose reductases, indicating that 20 alpha-HSD belongs to the aldo-keto reductase family.
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8274401 Qin KN, New MI, Cheng KC: Molecular cloning of multiple cDNAs encoding human enzymes structurally related to 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 1993 Dec;46(6):673-9.


Because 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and human chlordecone reductase belong to the aldo-keto reductase superfamily, we named these human clones HAKRa to HAKRd.
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8194472 Albarracin CT, Parmer TG, Duan WR, Nelson SE, Gibori G: Identification of a major prolactin-regulated protein as 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase: coordinate regulation of its activity, protein content, and messenger ribonucleic acid expression. Endocrinology. 1994 Jun;134(6):2453-60.


The 37K protein showed sequence similarity with rabbit 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20 alpha HSD), chlordecone reductase, prostaglandin synthase, and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, which are members of the aldo-keto reductase group of enzymes that catalyze the NADPH-dependent reduction of carbonyl compounds.
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10619355 Lin HK, Hung CF, Moore M, Penning TM: Genomic structure of rat 3alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (3alpha-HSD/DD, AKR1C9). J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 1999 Nov;71(1-2):29-39.


Rat liver 3alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (3alpha-HSD/DD) is a member of the aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily.
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