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CYP39A1
Introduction
CYP39A1 (cytochrome P450, family 39, subfamily A, polypeptide 1) also known as oxysterol 7-α-hydroxylase 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP39A1 gene.[1]
This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. This endoplasmic reticulum protein is involved in the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids. Its substrates include the oxysterols 24-hydroxycholesterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol and 27-hydroxycholesterol.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Li-Hawkins J, Lund EG, Bronson AD, Russell DW (June 2000). “Expression cloning of an oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase selective for 24-hydroxycholesterol”. J. Biol. Chem. 275 (22): 16543–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M001810200. PMID 10748047.
- ↑ “Entrez Gene: CYP39A1”.
External links
External links
- Human CYP39A1 genome location and CYP39A1 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
Further reading
Further reading
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2002). “Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Nelson DR, Zeldin DC, Hoffman SM, et al. (2004). “Comparison of cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes from the mouse and human genomes, including nomenclature recommendations for genes, pseudogenes and alternative-splice variants”. Pharmacogenetics. 14 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1097/00008571-200401000-00001. PMID 15128046.
- Harrington JJ, Sherf B, Rundlett S, et al. (2001). “Creation of genome-wide protein expression libraries using random activation of gene expression”. Nat. Biotechnol. 19 (5): 440–5. doi:10.1038/88107. PMID 11329013.
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). “The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)”. Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
- Fourgeux C, Martine L, Björkhem I, et al. (2009). “Primary open-angle glaucoma: association with cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) gene polymorphism and plasma 24-hydroxycholesterol levels”. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 50 (12): 5712–7. doi:10.1167/iovs.09-3655. PMID 19553612.
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.