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- cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme
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- Definition "mitochondrial enzyme that catalyses conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone which is the first reaction in the process of steroidogenesis1 in all mammalian tissues that specialise in the production of various steroid hormones1 steroidogenesis [ IATE:3562108 ]" Reference "Wikipedia. Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesterol_side-chain_cleavage_enzyme [15.10.2014]"
- Comment "Pregnenolone has been called ""the grandmother of all steroid hormones."" The body manufactures it from cholesterol, and then uses it to make testosterone, cortisone, progesterone , estrogen, DHEA , androstenedione , aldosterone, and all other hormones in the ""steroid"" family."