SYNONYMS
Carbonyl reductase [NADPH] 3, NADPH-dependent carbonyl reductase 3, CBR3, carbonyl reductase 3, hCBR3, SDR21C2.
INTRODUCTION
CBR3 catalyzes the reduction of a large number of biologically and pharmacologically active carbonyl compounds to their corresponding alcohols. CBR3 is one of several monomeric NADPH-dependent oxidoreductases. Furthermore, CBR3 contains 3 exons spanning 11.2 kilobases and is strongly linked to another carbonyl reductase gene, the CBR1. It was suggested that CBR3 mediates 9-cis-retinoic acid-induced cytostatis and is a potential prognostic marker for oral malignancy.
CBR3 is identified in the ovary, pancreas, intestine, colon, kidney, brain, thymus, lung, heart, liver, spleen, leukocyte, prostate and the testis.
DESCRIPTION
Recombinant Human CBR3 fused with a 20 amino acid His tag at N-terminus produced in E.Coli is a single, non-glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 297 amino acids (1-277 a.a) and having a molecular mass of 33kDa.
CBR3 is purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques.
