Term Information

Accession
GO:0008123
Name
cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
cholesterol 7-alpha-hydroxylase activity, cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase activity, cholesterol 7alpha-monooxygenase activity, cholesterol,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (7alpha-hydroxylating), cytochrome P450 CYP7A1
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: cholesterol + NADPH + H+ + O2 = 7-alpha-hydroxycholesterol + NADP+ + H2O. Source: EC:1.14.14.23
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008123 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase activity (GO:0008123)
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cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, NAD(P)H as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen (GO:0016709)
cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase activity [is_a relation] is_a  steroid hydroxylase activity (GO:0008395)

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