Biology:CYP2A7

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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CYP2A7 (cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily A, polypeptide 7) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP2A7 gene.[1][2]

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 protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum; its substrate has not yet been determined. This gene, which produces two transcript variants, is part of a large cluster of cytochrome P450 genes from the CYP2A, CYP2B and CYP2F subfamilies on chromosome 19q.[3]

References

  1. "A Genetic Polymorphism in Coumarin 7-Hydroxylation: Sequence of the Human CYP2A Gnes and Identification of Variant CYP2A6 Alleles". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 57 (3): 651–60. September 1995. PMID 7668294. 
  2. "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. January 2004. doi:10.1097/00008571-200401000-00001. PMID 15128046. 
  3. Template:NCBI RefSeq

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