SRD5A3

UniProt ID: Q9H8P0
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: INITIALIZED
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Gene Description

SRD5A3 is an endoplasmic reticulum membrane, NADPH-dependent polyprenal reductase that acts in the terminal steps of de novo dolichol biosynthesis. In the currently accepted pathway it catalyzes the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit of a di-trans,poly-cis-polyprenal to the corresponding dolichal, an intermediate in converting polyprenol to dolichol; the resulting dolichol is phosphorylated to dolichol-phosphate, the essential lipid carrier used to assemble the lipid-linked oligosaccharide precursor for protein N-linked glycosylation. It is a multi-pass member of the steroid 5-alpha-reductase family (polyprenal reductase subfamily; yeast ortholog DFG10). Loss-of-function mutations cause SRD5A3-congenital disorder of glycosylation (SRD5A3-CDG, CDG type Iq) and Kahrizi syndrome, characterized by ocular coloboma, cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, and intellectual disability. Despite its name, SRD5A3 is not a physiological steroid 5-alpha-reductase; a weak in-vitro testosterone-to-dihydrotestosterone activity was reported at its discovery in prostate cancer, but its established physiological role is in dolichol synthesis and glycosylation, not steroid metabolism.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetically inferred ER localization, consistent with the experimentally determined localization of SRD5A3 (an ER-membrane dolichol-pathway enzyme).
Reason: SRD5A3 acts in the ER membrane where dolichol biosynthesis and lipid-linked oligosaccharide assembly occur; this is directly supported experimentally.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
GO:0006488 dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetically inferred involvement in dolichol-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) biosynthesis. SRD5A3 supplies dolichol/dolichol-phosphate, the lipid carrier on which the LLO precursor is built, so this pathway-level BP is appropriate, though not the most specific reaction SRD5A3 catalyzes.
Reason: SRD5A3 is required for LLO synthesis; loss of SRD5A3 severely reduces newly synthesized LLO and can be rescued by exogenous dolichol-phosphate, placing it upstream of LLO assembly.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit of polyprenols to form dolichols, required for synthesis of dolichol-linked monosaccharides, and the oligosaccharide precursor used for N-glycosylation
GO:0160198 polyprenal reductase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetically inferred polyprenal reductase activity, the current core molecular function of SRD5A3. This is the term carried by GOA (polyprenAL reductase activity, GO:0160198), matching the revised pathway in which SRD5A3 reduces polyprenal to dolichal rather than polyprenol directly to dolichol.
Reason: Represents the core molecular function at the correct current level of specificity; consistent with the IDA/EXP experimental annotations and UniProt EC 1.3.1.94.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38821050
SRD5A3 catalyzes only the second reaction
GO:0043048 dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetically inferred involvement in dolichyl monophosphate biosynthesis, the current core biological process for SRD5A3. GO:0019408 (dolichol biosynthetic process) was obsoleted in favor of GO:0043048, so this is the correct current BP for the polyprenol-to-dolichol/dolichol-phosphate route.
Reason: SRD5A3 catalyzes a committed reductive step supplying dolichol for dolichol-phosphate synthesis; supported by strong IDA evidence in human cells.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit of polyprenols to form dolichols
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Electronic mapping from the UniProt subcellular-location keyword. SRD5A3 is a multi-pass ER membrane protein, so this is correct and represents the core localization.
Reason: Consistent with experimental ER localization and the multi-pass membrane topology annotated in UniProt.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
Multi-pass membrane protein
GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Broad InterPro-to-GO mapping. Correct in that SRD5A3 acts in polyisoprenoid lipid (dolichol) metabolism, but far too general to convey its function.
Reason: Not wrong but uninformative; the specific dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process (GO:0043048) already captures the lipid-metabolic role more precisely.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
PATHWAY: Protein modification; protein glycosylation
GO:0016627 oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-CH group of donors
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: InterPro-to-GO mapping to a high-level oxidoreductase class. SRD5A3 is an NADPH-dependent reductase that reduces a C=C double bond (the alpha-isoprene unit), so this parent term is correct but general.
Reason: Accurate but non-specific; the specific polyprenal reductase activity (GO:0160198) is the informative core MF.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38821050
as a NADPH-dependent reductase in two non-consecutive steps
GO:0043048 dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: InterPro-to-GO mapping (IPR039698, Dfg10/SRD5A3) to dolichyl monophosphate biosynthesis. This matches the experimentally supported core BP.
Reason: Correct BP for the SRD5A3/Dfg10 family; duplicates the IDA/IBA annotations to the same term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
required for synthesis of dolichol-linked monosaccharides, and the oligosaccharide precursor used for N-glycosylation
GO:0047751 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
REMOVE
Summary: Electronic annotation derived from the EC 1.3.1.22 (steroid) mapping via RHEA/EC (GO_REF:0000120). SRD5A3 is not a physiological steroid 5-alpha-reductase; its established function is polyprenal reduction in dolichol synthesis. The steroid EC was assigned on the basis of the gene name and weak in-vitro activity, and this purely electronic EC-mapping is a wrong inference of the enzyme's biological function.
Reason: Demonstrably wrong electronic EC/RHEA-to-GO inference. Physiological substrate is polyprenal, not a steroid; null patients have a congenital disorder of glycosylation, not a steroid/androgen phenotype, and phylogeny argues the ancestral substrate was not a steroid. Per policy, wrong IEA EC-mappings are appropriate REMOVE targets.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
suggesting that the substrate of the enzyme encoded by the common ancestral gene was potentially not a steroid
GO:0160198 polyprenal reductase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Electronic annotation from EC 1.3.1.94 (RHEA:80727) mapping. This is the correct core molecular function, matching the experimental annotations and UniProt RecName (Polyprenal reductase).
Reason: Correct EC-based mapping to the physiological reaction; corroborates the IDA/EXP/IBA annotations to GO:0160198.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
EC=1.3.1.94
GO:0006488 dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Orthology-based transfer (Ensembl Compara) from mouse Srd5a3 of the LLO biosynthesis BP. Consistent with the human experimental data and the IBA annotation to the same term.
Reason: Correct pathway-level BP inferred from a well-supported ortholog; duplicates the IBA annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
the oligosaccharide precursor used for N-glycosylation
GO:0006702 androgen biosynthetic process
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-193048
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Reactome-derived annotation placing SRD5A3 in androgen biosynthesis, based on the prostate-cancer report that SRD5A3 can convert testosterone to dihydrotestosterone in vitro (Uemura et al. 2008). SRD5A3 is named a steroid 5-alpha-reductase and shows weak in-vitro DHT-forming activity, but its physiological function is dolichol synthesis, not androgen metabolism; this is an over-annotation of a marginal side activity.
Reason: The steroid/androgen activity is weak, in-vitro, and derives from the gene name and the context of its discovery in hormone-refractory prostate cancer; loss-of-function causes a glycosylation disorder, not an androgen-deficiency phenotype. Retained (experimental basis, TAS) but flagged as over-annotation rather than removed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17986282
validated its ability to produce DHT from testosterone, similar to type
GO:0043048 dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-446199
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome-authored annotation (Synthesis of dolichyl-phosphate) to the core dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process. Consistent with the experimental and IBA annotations.
Reason: Correct core BP; duplicates the IDA/IBA/IEA annotations to GO:0043048.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit of polyprenols to form dolichols
GO:0003865 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9705714
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Reactome-derived steroid 5-alpha-reductase MF annotation (SRD5A3 dehydrogenates TEST to DHTEST), tracing to the in-vitro testosterone-to-DHT activity of Uemura et al. 2008. This is a weak, non-physiological side activity and an over-annotation relative to the enzyme's dolichol-pathway function.
Reason: Steroid 5-alpha-reductase activity is in-vitro and marginal; SRD5A3 is physiologically a polyprenal reductase. Retained (TAS/experimental origin) but flagged as over-annotation, not removed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17986282
validated its ability to produce DHT from testosterone, similar to type
GO:0160198 polyprenal reductase activity
EXP
PMID:38821050
A pseudoautosomal glycosylation disorder prompts the revisio...
ACCEPT
Summary: Experimental demonstration (Wilson et al. 2024) that SRD5A3 is the NADPH-dependent polyprenal reductase catalyzing the second step of the revised dolichol-biosynthesis pathway (polyprenal to dolichal). This is the core molecular function.
Reason: Direct experimental evidence for the precise current MF term (GO:0160198).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38821050
SRD5A3 catalyzes only the second reaction
GO:0043048 dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
IDA
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is required for converting polyprenol to dolichol and...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct experimental evidence (Cantagrel et al. 2010) that SRD5A3 is required for converting polyprenol to dolichol, supplying dolichol-phosphate for glycosylation; SRD5A3-deficient cells show reduced dolichol-phosphate-dependent LLO synthesis rescuable by exogenous Dol-P. Core BP.
Reason: Strong IDA evidence for the core dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process (note GO:0019408 dolichol biosynthetic process was obsoleted into GO:0043048).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit of polyprenols to form dolichols
GO:0043048 dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
IDA
PMID:38821050
A pseudoautosomal glycosylation disorder prompts the revisio...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct experimental evidence (Wilson et al. 2024) that SRD5A3 acts in dolichol biosynthesis, catalyzing the NADPH-dependent polyprenal-to-dolichal step feeding dolichol/dolichol-phosphate production. Core BP.
Reason: Strong IDA evidence for the core dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process in the revised pathway.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38821050
SRD5A3 catalyzes only the second reaction
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
IDA
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is required for converting polyprenol to dolichol and...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct experimental evidence that epitope-tagged SRD5A3 localizes predominantly to the ER, where dolichol synthesis and LLO assembly occur. Core localization.
Reason: Experimentally supported active-in ER membrane localization for a multi-pass membrane enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
GO:0160198 polyprenal reductase activity
IDA
PMID:38821050
A pseudoautosomal glycosylation disorder prompts the revisio...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct experimental evidence (Wilson et al. 2024) for SRD5A3 polyprenal reductase activity, the core molecular function. Duplicates the EXP annotation to the same term.
Reason: Direct experimental support for the precise current MF.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38821050
as a NADPH-dependent reductase in two non-consecutive steps
GO:0047751 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity
IDA
PMID:17986282
Novel 5 alpha-steroid reductase (SRD5A3, type-3) is overexpr...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Experimental annotation from the discovery paper (Uemura et al. 2008), which showed in-vitro conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone by SRD5A3 overexpressed in prostate-cancer cells. This established the "steroid 5-alpha-reductase 3" naming but reflects a weak, non-physiological side activity; SRD5A3's physiological role is polyprenal reduction in dolichol synthesis.
Reason: Experimental (IDA), so retained rather than removed, but flagged as an over-annotation. The 5-alpha-steroid reductase activity is in-vitro and marginal, and does not represent the enzyme's physiological function (null mutations cause a glycosylation disorder, not androgen deficiency).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17986282
validated its ability to produce DHT from testosterone, similar to type
PMID:17986282
resulted in a significant decrease in DHT production and a drastic reduction in cell
GO:0016628 oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-CH group of donors, NAD or NADP as acceptor
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4755572
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome-derived high-level oxidoreductase MF annotation. Correct as a parent class of the polyprenal reductase reaction (NADPH-dependent reduction of a C=C bond) but general.
Reason: Accurate parent term; the specific polyprenal reductase activity (GO:0160198) is the informative core MF.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38821050
as a NADPH-dependent reductase in two non-consecutive steps
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4755572
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome-authored ER membrane localization, consistent with the experimental IDA localization. Core localization.
Reason: Correct localization for this multi-pass ER membrane enzyme; duplicates the IDA/IEA ER-membrane annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9705714
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome-authored ER membrane localization (from the steroid-reaction module), consistent with experimental data. Core localization.
Reason: Correct ER membrane localization; duplicates other ER-membrane annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9937295
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome-authored ER membrane localization (from the revised polyprenal-to-dolichal reaction module), consistent with experimental data. Core localization.
Reason: Correct ER membrane localization; duplicates other ER-membrane annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
IDA
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is required for converting polyprenol to dolichol and...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct experimental evidence that epitope-tagged SRD5A3 localizes predominantly to the ER. Correct, though the more specific ER membrane term (GO:0005789) better captures its location as a multi-pass membrane protein.
Reason: Experimentally supported ER localization; the coexisting ER-membrane annotations provide the more specific compartment.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
GO:0016628 oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-CH group of donors, NAD or NADP as acceptor
IDA
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is required for converting polyprenol to dolichol and...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Experimental annotation to a high-level NADP-dependent CH-CH oxidoreductase class, based on the demonstration that SRD5A3 reduces the alpha-isoprene C=C bond of polyprenol to form dolichol. Correct but general.
Reason: Accurate parent term for the reductase activity; the specific polyprenal reductase activity (GO:0160198) is the informative core MF.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20637498
SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit of polyprenols to form dolichols

Core Functions

NADPH-dependent polyprenal reductase acting in the terminal steps of de novo dolichol biosynthesis, reducing the alpha-isoprene unit of di-trans,poly-cis-polyprenal to the corresponding dolichal en route to dolichol

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:38821050
    SRD5A3 catalyzes only the second reaction
  • PMID:20637498
    SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit of polyprenols to form dolichols

Supplies dolichol/dolichol-phosphate, the lipid carrier used to build the lipid-linked oligosaccharide precursor, thereby enabling protein N-linked glycosylation

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:20637498
    required for synthesis of dolichol-linked monosaccharides, and the oligosaccharide precursor used for N-glycosylation

References

Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms
Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by UniProt
Automatic transfer of experimentally verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs using Ensembl Compara
Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
Novel 5 alpha-steroid reductase (SRD5A3, type-3) is overexpressed in hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
SRD5A3 is required for converting polyprenol to dolichol and is mutated in a congenital glycosylation disorder.
A pseudoautosomal glycosylation disorder prompts the revision of dolichol biosynthesis.
Reactome:R-HSA-193048
Androgen biosynthesis
Reactome:R-HSA-446199
Synthesis of dolichyl-phosphate
Reactome:R-HSA-4755572
Defective SRD5A3 does not reduce pPNOL to DCHOL
Reactome:R-HSA-9705714
SRD5A3 dehydrogenates TEST to DHTEST
Reactome:R-HSA-9937295
SRD5A3 reduces polyprenal to dolichal
file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
UniProtKB Q9H8P0 (SR5A3_HUMAN) record

Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Given the revised pathway (Wilson et al. 2024), is the physiological substrate of SRD5A3 strictly polyprenal, and does it have any residual direct polyprenol-reducing activity in vivo?

Q: Is the in-vitro testosterone-to-dihydrotestosterone activity of SRD5A3 physiologically relevant in any tissue (e.g. prostate cancer), or purely an artifact of overexpression?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Structural/biochemical characterization of SRD5A3 with polyprenal versus steroid substrates to quantify catalytic efficiency and confirm the physiological substrate.

Experiment: Tissue-specific conditional knockouts to test whether any androgen/steroid phenotype arises independently of the glycosylation defect.

📚 Additional Documentation

Notes

(SRD5A3-notes.md)

SRD5A3 review notes

UniProtKB:Q9H8P0 (SR5A3_HUMAN). HGNC:25812. 318 aa, multi-pass ER membrane protein.
Steroid 5-alpha reductase family, polyprenal/polyprenol reductase subfamily. Yeast
ortholog = DFG10.

Core biology (verified)

SRD5A3 is the ER-membrane, NADPH-dependent reductase that acts in the terminal steps of
de novo dolichol biosynthesis, supplying dolichol → dolichol-phosphate, the lipid
carrier for N-glycosylation. Loss of function causes SRD5A3-CDG (CDG type Iq;
MIM:612379)
and Kahrizi syndrome (KHRZ; MIM:612713), with ocular coloboma, cerebellar
vermis hypoplasia, psychomotor/intellectual disability.

Two successive views of the reaction:
- Cantagrel et al. 2010 (PMID:20637498, Cell): SRD5A3 "is necessary for the reduction
of the alpha-isoprene unit of polyprenols to form dolichols, required for synthesis of
dolichol-linked monosaccharides, and the oligosaccharide precursor used for
N-glycosylation" — i.e. the long-sought polyprenol reductase. Epitope-tagged SRD5A3
"localized predominantly to the ER." SRD5A3 was the only member of the human 5α-reductase
family able to rescue the yeast dfg10 CPY-underglycosylation phenotype; H296G mutant is
catalytically dead. Phylogeny suggested the ancestral substrate "was potentially not a
steroid."
- Wilson et al. 2024 (PMID:38821050, Cell): revised the pathway — dolichol synthesis
"requires a three-step detour involving additional metabolites, where SRD5A3 catalyzes
only the second reaction" (the NADPH-dependent reduction of polyprenal → dolichal;
the first/third steps are done by DHRSX). Hence the current MF term is
GO:0160198 polyprenal reductase activity (EC 1.3.1.94; RHEA:80727), and UniProt's
RecName is now "Polyprenal reductase" with a CAUTION note that it was initially
characterised as a polyprenol reductase but "catalyzes an intermediate step in this
pathway and reduce[s] polyprenal."

Steroid activity: name only, not physiological function

The gene name ("steroid 5-alpha-reductase 3") and the EC 1.3.1.22 annotation come from
its discovery in prostate cancer:
- Uemura et al. 2008 (PMID:17986282, Cancer Sci): identified SRD5A2L/SRD5A3 as a
"putative 5 alpha-steroid reductase" overexpressed in hormone-refractory prostate cancer;
in-vitro LC-MS/MS validated DHT production from testosterone; H296 mutagenesis abolished
activity. This is the origin of the 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase (NADP+)
annotation (GO:0047751 IDA) and the Reactome "SRD5A3 dehydrogenates TEST to DHTEST" /
androgen-biosynthesis TAS annotations.
- Fouad Mansour et al. 2016 (PMID:26855069; NOT cached) is the ECO:0000305 basis for the
UniProt EC 1.3.1.22 steroid catalytic-activity block.

Physiological role is dolichol/glycosylation, NOT steroid metabolism: null patients have
CDG, not an androgen/steroid phenotype; phylogeny argues against a steroid ancestral
substrate; steroid activity is weak/in-vitro. Steroid-5α-reductase / androgen-biosynthesis
GO annotations are therefore treated as MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED (experimental IDA/TAS,
so not REMOVE per policy) except the plainly wrong IEA EC-mapping GO:0047751 via
GO_REF:0000120
, which is a demonstrably wrong electronic inference and is REMOVEd.

GOA term notes

  • MF core: GO:0160198 polyprenal reductase activity (IBA + IEA EC1.3.1.94 + EXP + IDA).
  • BP core: GO:0043048 dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process (IDA PMID:20637498 &
    PMID:38821050; also IBA/IEA/TAS). NB GO:0019408 "dolichol biosynthetic process" is now
    OBSOLETE, obsoleted because it "represents an intermediate step in dolichyl monophosphate
    biosynthetic process ; GO:0043048" — so GO:0043048 is the correct current BP.
  • BP: GO:0006488 dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process (IBA/IEA) — accept,
    downstream/pathway-level.
  • CC core: GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane; GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum.
  • GO:0016627 / GO:0016628 (CH-CH oxidoreductase parents) — accept as correct but general.
  • GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process — over-broad IEA, keep as non-core.

📄 View Raw YAML

id: Q9H8P0
gene_symbol: SRD5A3
product_type: PROTEIN
status: INITIALIZED
taxon:
  id: NCBITaxon:9606
  label: Homo sapiens
description: SRD5A3 is an endoplasmic reticulum membrane, NADPH-dependent polyprenal
  reductase that acts in the terminal steps of de novo dolichol biosynthesis. In the
  currently accepted pathway it catalyzes the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit
  of a di-trans,poly-cis-polyprenal to the corresponding dolichal, an intermediate
  in converting polyprenol to dolichol; the resulting dolichol is phosphorylated to
  dolichol-phosphate, the essential lipid carrier used to assemble the lipid-linked
  oligosaccharide precursor for protein N-linked glycosylation. It is a multi-pass
  member of the steroid 5-alpha-reductase family (polyprenal reductase subfamily;
  yeast ortholog DFG10). Loss-of-function mutations cause SRD5A3-congenital disorder
  of glycosylation (SRD5A3-CDG, CDG type Iq) and Kahrizi syndrome, characterized by
  ocular coloboma, cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, and intellectual disability. Despite
  its name, SRD5A3 is not a physiological steroid 5-alpha-reductase; a weak in-vitro
  testosterone-to-dihydrotestosterone activity was reported at its discovery in prostate
  cancer, but its established physiological role is in dolichol synthesis and glycosylation,
  not steroid metabolism.
existing_annotations:
- term:
    id: GO:0005783
    label: endoplasmic reticulum
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: is_active_in
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetically inferred ER localization, consistent with the experimentally
      determined localization of SRD5A3 (an ER-membrane dolichol-pathway enzyme).
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: SRD5A3 acts in the ER membrane where dolichol biosynthesis and lipid-linked
      oligosaccharide assembly occur; this is directly supported experimentally.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
- term:
    id: GO:0006488
    label: dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetically inferred involvement in dolichol-linked oligosaccharide
      (LLO) biosynthesis. SRD5A3 supplies dolichol/dolichol-phosphate, the lipid carrier
      on which the LLO precursor is built, so this pathway-level BP is appropriate,
      though not the most specific reaction SRD5A3 catalyzes.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: SRD5A3 is required for LLO synthesis; loss of SRD5A3 severely reduces newly
      synthesized LLO and can be rescued by exogenous dolichol-phosphate, placing it
      upstream of LLO assembly.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene
        unit of polyprenols to form dolichols, required for synthesis of dolichol-linked
        monosaccharides, and the oligosaccharide precursor used for N-glycosylation
- term:
    id: GO:0160198
    label: polyprenal reductase activity
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetically inferred polyprenal reductase activity, the current core
      molecular function of SRD5A3. This is the term carried by GOA (polyprenAL reductase
      activity, GO:0160198), matching the revised pathway in which SRD5A3 reduces polyprenal
      to dolichal rather than polyprenol directly to dolichol.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Represents the core molecular function at the correct current level of
      specificity; consistent with the IDA/EXP experimental annotations and UniProt
      EC 1.3.1.94.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:38821050
      supporting_text: SRD5A3 catalyzes only the second reaction
- term:
    id: GO:0043048
    label: dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetically inferred involvement in dolichyl monophosphate biosynthesis,
      the current core biological process for SRD5A3. GO:0019408 (dolichol biosynthetic
      process) was obsoleted in favor of GO:0043048, so this is the correct current
      BP for the polyprenol-to-dolichol/dolichol-phosphate route.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: SRD5A3 catalyzes a committed reductive step supplying dolichol for dolichol-phosphate
      synthesis; supported by strong IDA evidence in human cells.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene
        unit of polyprenols to form dolichols
- term:
    id: GO:0005789
    label: endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Electronic mapping from the UniProt subcellular-location keyword. SRD5A3
      is a multi-pass ER membrane protein, so this is correct and represents the core
      localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Consistent with experimental ER localization and the multi-pass membrane
      topology annotated in UniProt.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane'
    - reference_id: file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Multi-pass membrane protein
- term:
    id: GO:0006629
    label: lipid metabolic process
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Broad InterPro-to-GO mapping. Correct in that SRD5A3 acts in polyisoprenoid
      lipid (dolichol) metabolism, but far too general to convey its function.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Not wrong but uninformative; the specific dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic
      process (GO:0043048) already captures the lipid-metabolic role more precisely.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'PATHWAY: Protein modification; protein glycosylation'
- term:
    id: GO:0016627
    label: oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-CH group of donors
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: InterPro-to-GO mapping to a high-level oxidoreductase class. SRD5A3 is
      an NADPH-dependent reductase that reduces a C=C double bond (the alpha-isoprene
      unit), so this parent term is correct but general.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Accurate but non-specific; the specific polyprenal reductase activity (GO:0160198)
      is the informative core MF.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:38821050
      supporting_text: as a NADPH-dependent reductase in two non-consecutive steps
- term:
    id: GO:0043048
    label: dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: InterPro-to-GO mapping (IPR039698, Dfg10/SRD5A3) to dolichyl monophosphate
      biosynthesis. This matches the experimentally supported core BP.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct BP for the SRD5A3/Dfg10 family; duplicates the IDA/IBA annotations
      to the same term.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: required for synthesis of dolichol-linked monosaccharides, and
        the oligosaccharide precursor used for N-glycosylation
- term:
    id: GO:0047751
    label: 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Electronic annotation derived from the EC 1.3.1.22 (steroid) mapping via
      RHEA/EC (GO_REF:0000120). SRD5A3 is not a physiological steroid 5-alpha-reductase;
      its established function is polyprenal reduction in dolichol synthesis. The steroid
      EC was assigned on the basis of the gene name and weak in-vitro activity, and
      this purely electronic EC-mapping is a wrong inference of the enzyme's biological
      function.
    action: REMOVE
    reason: Demonstrably wrong electronic EC/RHEA-to-GO inference. Physiological substrate
      is polyprenal, not a steroid; null patients have a congenital disorder of glycosylation,
      not a steroid/androgen phenotype, and phylogeny argues the ancestral substrate
      was not a steroid. Per policy, wrong IEA EC-mappings are appropriate REMOVE targets.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: suggesting that the substrate of the enzyme encoded by the common
        ancestral gene was potentially not a steroid
- term:
    id: GO:0160198
    label: polyprenal reductase activity
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Electronic annotation from EC 1.3.1.94 (RHEA:80727) mapping. This is the
      correct core molecular function, matching the experimental annotations and UniProt
      RecName (Polyprenal reductase).
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct EC-based mapping to the physiological reaction; corroborates the
      IDA/EXP/IBA annotations to GO:0160198.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: EC=1.3.1.94
- term:
    id: GO:0006488
    label: dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Orthology-based transfer (Ensembl Compara) from mouse Srd5a3 of the LLO
      biosynthesis BP. Consistent with the human experimental data and the IBA annotation
      to the same term.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct pathway-level BP inferred from a well-supported ortholog; duplicates
      the IBA annotation.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: the oligosaccharide precursor used for N-glycosylation
- term:
    id: GO:0006702
    label: androgen biosynthetic process
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-193048
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome-derived annotation placing SRD5A3 in androgen biosynthesis, based
      on the prostate-cancer report that SRD5A3 can convert testosterone to dihydrotestosterone
      in vitro (Uemura et al. 2008). SRD5A3 is named a steroid 5-alpha-reductase and
      shows weak in-vitro DHT-forming activity, but its physiological function is dolichol
      synthesis, not androgen metabolism; this is an over-annotation of a marginal
      side activity.
    action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
    reason: The steroid/androgen activity is weak, in-vitro, and derives from the gene
      name and the context of its discovery in hormone-refractory prostate cancer;
      loss-of-function causes a glycosylation disorder, not an androgen-deficiency phenotype.
      Retained (experimental basis, TAS) but flagged as over-annotation rather than
      removed.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:17986282
      supporting_text: validated its ability to produce DHT from testosterone, similar
        to type
- term:
    id: GO:0043048
    label: dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-446199
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome-authored annotation (Synthesis of dolichyl-phosphate) to the
      core dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process. Consistent with the experimental
      and IBA annotations.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct core BP; duplicates the IDA/IBA/IEA annotations to GO:0043048.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene
        unit of polyprenols to form dolichols
- term:
    id: GO:0003865
    label: 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase activity
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9705714
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Reactome-derived steroid 5-alpha-reductase MF annotation (SRD5A3 dehydrogenates
      TEST to DHTEST), tracing to the in-vitro testosterone-to-DHT activity of Uemura
      et al. 2008. This is a weak, non-physiological side activity and an over-annotation
      relative to the enzyme's dolichol-pathway function.
    action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
    reason: Steroid 5-alpha-reductase activity is in-vitro and marginal; SRD5A3 is
      physiologically a polyprenal reductase. Retained (TAS/experimental origin) but
      flagged as over-annotation, not removed.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:17986282
      supporting_text: validated its ability to produce DHT from testosterone, similar
        to type
- term:
    id: GO:0160198
    label: polyprenal reductase activity
  evidence_type: EXP
  original_reference_id: PMID:38821050
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Experimental demonstration (Wilson et al. 2024) that SRD5A3 is the NADPH-dependent
      polyprenal reductase catalyzing the second step of the revised dolichol-biosynthesis
      pathway (polyprenal to dolichal). This is the core molecular function.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Direct experimental evidence for the precise current MF term (GO:0160198).
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:38821050
      supporting_text: SRD5A3 catalyzes only the second reaction
- term:
    id: GO:0043048
    label: dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:20637498
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Direct experimental evidence (Cantagrel et al. 2010) that SRD5A3 is required
      for converting polyprenol to dolichol, supplying dolichol-phosphate for glycosylation;
      SRD5A3-deficient cells show reduced dolichol-phosphate-dependent LLO synthesis
      rescuable by exogenous Dol-P. Core BP.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Strong IDA evidence for the core dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
      (note GO:0019408 dolichol biosynthetic process was obsoleted into GO:0043048).
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene
        unit of polyprenols to form dolichols
- term:
    id: GO:0043048
    label: dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:38821050
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Direct experimental evidence (Wilson et al. 2024) that SRD5A3 acts in
      dolichol biosynthesis, catalyzing the NADPH-dependent polyprenal-to-dolichal
      step feeding dolichol/dolichol-phosphate production. Core BP.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Strong IDA evidence for the core dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
      in the revised pathway.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:38821050
      supporting_text: SRD5A3 catalyzes only the second reaction
- term:
    id: GO:0005789
    label: endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:20637498
  qualifier: is_active_in
  review:
    summary: Direct experimental evidence that epitope-tagged SRD5A3 localizes predominantly
      to the ER, where dolichol synthesis and LLO assembly occur. Core localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Experimentally supported active-in ER membrane localization for a multi-pass
      membrane enzyme.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
- term:
    id: GO:0160198
    label: polyprenal reductase activity
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:38821050
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Direct experimental evidence (Wilson et al. 2024) for SRD5A3 polyprenal
      reductase activity, the core molecular function. Duplicates the EXP annotation
      to the same term.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Direct experimental support for the precise current MF.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:38821050
      supporting_text: as a NADPH-dependent reductase in two non-consecutive steps
- term:
    id: GO:0047751
    label: 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:17986282
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Experimental annotation from the discovery paper (Uemura et al. 2008),
      which showed in-vitro conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone by SRD5A3
      overexpressed in prostate-cancer cells. This established the "steroid 5-alpha-reductase
      3" naming but reflects a weak, non-physiological side activity; SRD5A3's physiological
      role is polyprenal reduction in dolichol synthesis.
    action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
    reason: Experimental (IDA), so retained rather than removed, but flagged as an
      over-annotation. The 5-alpha-steroid reductase activity is in-vitro and marginal,
      and does not represent the enzyme's physiological function (null mutations cause
      a glycosylation disorder, not androgen deficiency).
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:17986282
      supporting_text: validated its ability to produce DHT from testosterone, similar
        to type
    - reference_id: PMID:17986282
      supporting_text: resulted in a significant decrease in DHT production and a drastic
        reduction in cell
- term:
    id: GO:0016628
    label: oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-CH group of donors, NAD or NADP
      as acceptor
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-4755572
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Reactome-derived high-level oxidoreductase MF annotation. Correct as a
      parent class of the polyprenal reductase reaction (NADPH-dependent reduction
      of a C=C bond) but general.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Accurate parent term; the specific polyprenal reductase activity (GO:0160198)
      is the informative core MF.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:38821050
      supporting_text: as a NADPH-dependent reductase in two non-consecutive steps
- term:
    id: GO:0005789
    label: endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-4755572
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome-authored ER membrane localization, consistent with the experimental
      IDA localization. Core localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization for this multi-pass ER membrane enzyme; duplicates
      the IDA/IEA ER-membrane annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
- term:
    id: GO:0005789
    label: endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9705714
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome-authored ER membrane localization (from the steroid-reaction
      module), consistent with experimental data. Core localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct ER membrane localization; duplicates other ER-membrane annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
- term:
    id: GO:0005789
    label: endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9937295
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome-authored ER membrane localization (from the revised polyprenal-to-dolichal
      reaction module), consistent with experimental data. Core localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct ER membrane localization; duplicates other ER-membrane annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
- term:
    id: GO:0005783
    label: endoplasmic reticulum
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:20637498
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Direct experimental evidence that epitope-tagged SRD5A3 localizes predominantly
      to the ER. Correct, though the more specific ER membrane term (GO:0005789) better
      captures its location as a multi-pass membrane protein.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Experimentally supported ER localization; the coexisting ER-membrane annotations
      provide the more specific compartment.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: Epitope tagged SRD5A3 localized predominantly to the ER
- term:
    id: GO:0016628
    label: oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-CH group of donors, NAD or NADP
      as acceptor
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:20637498
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Experimental annotation to a high-level NADP-dependent CH-CH oxidoreductase
      class, based on the demonstration that SRD5A3 reduces the alpha-isoprene C=C
      bond of polyprenol to form dolichol. Correct but general.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Accurate parent term for the reductase activity; the specific polyprenal
      reductase activity (GO:0160198) is the informative core MF.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:20637498
      supporting_text: SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene
        unit of polyprenols to form dolichols
core_functions:
- description: NADPH-dependent polyprenal reductase acting in the terminal steps of
    de novo dolichol biosynthesis, reducing the alpha-isoprene unit of di-trans,poly-cis-polyprenal
    to the corresponding dolichal en route to dolichol
  molecular_function:
    id: GO:0160198
    label: polyprenal reductase activity
  directly_involved_in:
  - id: GO:0043048
    label: dolichyl monophosphate biosynthetic process
  locations:
  - id: GO:0005789
    label: endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  supported_by:
  - reference_id: PMID:38821050
    supporting_text: SRD5A3 catalyzes only the second reaction
  - reference_id: PMID:20637498
    supporting_text: SRD5A3 is necessary for the reduction of the alpha-isoprene unit
      of polyprenols to form dolichols
- description: Supplies dolichol/dolichol-phosphate, the lipid carrier used to build
    the lipid-linked oligosaccharide precursor, thereby enabling protein N-linked glycosylation
  molecular_function:
    id: GO:0160198
    label: polyprenal reductase activity
  directly_involved_in:
  - id: GO:0006488
    label: dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
  locations:
  - id: GO:0005789
    label: endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  supported_by:
  - reference_id: PMID:20637498
    supporting_text: required for synthesis of dolichol-linked monosaccharides, and
      the oligosaccharide precursor used for N-glycosylation
proposed_new_terms: []
suggested_questions:
- question: Given the revised pathway (Wilson et al. 2024), is the physiological substrate
    of SRD5A3 strictly polyprenal, and does it have any residual direct polyprenol-reducing
    activity in vivo?
- question: Is the in-vitro testosterone-to-dihydrotestosterone activity of SRD5A3
    physiologically relevant in any tissue (e.g. prostate cancer), or purely an artifact
    of overexpression?
suggested_experiments:
- description: Structural/biochemical characterization of SRD5A3 with polyprenal versus
    steroid substrates to quantify catalytic efficiency and confirm the physiological
    substrate.
- description: Tissue-specific conditional knockouts to test whether any androgen/steroid
    phenotype arises independently of the glycosylation defect.
references:
- id: GO_REF:0000002
  title: Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO
    terms
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000033
  title: Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000044
  title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location
    vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by
    UniProt
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000107
  title: Automatic transfer of experimentally verified manual GO annotation data to
    orthologs using Ensembl Compara
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000120
  title: Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
  findings: []
- id: PMID:17986282
  title: Novel 5 alpha-steroid reductase (SRD5A3, type-3) is overexpressed in hormone-refractory
    prostate cancer.
  findings: []
  reference_review:
    relevance: MEDIUM
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: PubMed-verified discovery paper; establishes the steroid 5-alpha-reductase
      naming and in-vitro testosterone-to-DHT activity, which is a weak side activity
      rather than the physiological function. Supports the steroid annotations flagged
      as over-annotated.
- id: PMID:20637498
  title: SRD5A3 is required for converting polyprenol to dolichol and is mutated in
    a congenital glycosylation disorder.
  findings: []
  reference_review:
    relevance: HIGH
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Landmark paper identifying SRD5A3 as the polyprenol reductase required
      for dolichol synthesis and N-glycosylation; establishes ER localization and SRD5A3-CDG.
- id: PMID:38821050
  title: A pseudoautosomal glycosylation disorder prompts the revision of dolichol
    biosynthesis.
  findings: []
  reference_review:
    relevance: HIGH
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Revises the pathway; shows SRD5A3 catalyzes the second (polyprenal-to-dolichal)
      NADPH-dependent reduction step, supporting the GO:0160198 polyprenal reductase
      MF term.
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-193048
  title: Androgen biosynthesis
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-446199
  title: Synthesis of dolichyl-phosphate
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-4755572
  title: Defective SRD5A3 does not reduce pPNOL to DCHOL
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9705714
  title: SRD5A3 dehydrogenates TEST to DHTEST
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9937295
  title: SRD5A3 reduces polyprenal to dolichal
  findings: []
- id: file:human/SRD5A3/SRD5A3-uniprot.txt
  title: UniProtKB Q9H8P0 (SR5A3_HUMAN) record
  findings: []