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Gut Bacteria Encode Reductases that Biotransform Steroid Hormones
Gabriela Arp, Angela K Jiang, Keith Dufault‐Thompson…·Xiaofang Jiang
Gut bacteria encode 5β-reductase, fused 3β-HSDH/Δ5-4 isomerase and Δ6-3-ketosteroid reductase enzymes acting on steroid hormones; two of these genes are enriched in female gut metagenomes.
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