Other symptoms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia include excess facial hair in women and early puberty in men (~ 2 years old!) from the effects of excess testosterone. Using the law of mass action, explain why this mutation results in excess testosterone production. Use the name of the substrate and the product of the reaction.

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Other symptoms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia include excess facial hair in women and early puberty in men (~ 2 years old!) from the effects of excess testosterone. Using the law of mass action, explain why this mutation results in excess testosterone production. Use the name of the substrate and the product of the reaction.

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According to the law of mass action,

the rate of the chemical reaction i.e., the velocity of a reaction at a given temperature is proportional to the product of the masses of the reacting substances.

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