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A Novel Entity of Clinically Isolated Adrenal Insufficiency Caused by a Partially Inactivating Mutation of the Gene Encoding for P450 Side Chain Cleavage Enzyme (CYP11A1)
Author(s) -
Silvia Parajes,
Clemens Kamrath,
Ian T. Rose,
Angela E. Taylor,
Christiaan F. Mooij,
Vivek Dhir,
Joachim Grötzinger,
Wiebke Arlt,
Nils Krone
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2011-1277
Subject(s) - cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme , missense mutation , adrenal insufficiency , pregnenolone , phenotype , mutation , genotype , medicine , biology , endocrinology , genetics , gene , messenger rna , hormone , steroid
Cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme (CYP11A1) facilitates the first and rate-limiting step of steroidogenesis. Only nine patients with CYP11A1 deficiency have been described. All patients presented with adrenal insufficiency (AI) and disorder of sex development in 46,XY individuals.

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