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Adrenodoxin MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Adrenodoxin
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.157.427.374.375.025
D12.776.556.579.374.375.025
Unique ID
D000325
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000325
Annotation
an iron-sulfur protein
Scope Note
An iron-sulfur protein which serves as an electron carrier in enzymatic steroid hydroxylation reactions in adrenal cortex mitochondria. The electron transport system which catalyzes this reaction consists of adrenodoxin reductase, NADP, adrenodoxin, and cytochrome P-450.
Registry Numbers
12687-22-8
CAS Type 1 Name
Adrenodoxins
Previous Indexing
Carrier Proteins (1974)
Ferredoxins (1966-1974)
Metalloproteins (1974)
Public MeSH Note
75
History Note
75
Date Introduced
1975/09/01
Last Updated
2002/07/02
Adrenodoxin Preferred
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