Image from: Scowcroft, H. (2020). The structure of Oestrogen. [image] Available at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/01/12/oestrogen-causes-dna-mutations-–-is-this-how-it-fuels-cancer/ [Accessed 7 Mar. 2020].

Image from: Scowcroft, H. (2020). The structure of Oestrogen. [image] Available at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/01/12/oestrogen-causes-dna-mutations-–-is-this-how-it-fuels-cancer/ [Accessed 7 Mar. 2020].

Oestrogens play a role in the reproductive system and most often bind to oestrogen receptors (Thomas and Potter, 2013). The strongest form of Oestrogen is estradiol but there are other types: estrone and estriol (Thomas and Potter, 2013). Oestrogen can be kept as estrone sulfate, which is made from the interaction of estrone and oestrogen sulfotransferase (Thomas and Potter, 2013). Oestrogen sulfotransferase allows the sulfonation (the process of producing benzenesulfonic acid using sulfur trioxide) of oestrogens as it is an enzyme (Thomas and Potter, 2013).

References: THOMAS, M.P. & POTTER, B.V.L., 2013. The structural biology of oestrogen metabolism. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 137, pp.27-49. Available from: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2012.12.014.