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Vitamin D3 24 hydroxylase

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EC number
  
1.14.13.126

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

IntEnz
  
IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

Vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.13.126, CYP24A1) is an enzyme with systematic name calcitriol,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (24-hydroxylating). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(1) calcitriol + NADPH + H+ + O2 ⇌ calcitetrol + NADP+ + H2O (2) calcidiol + NADPH + H+ + O2 ⇌ secalciferol + NADP+ + H2O

Vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase is a heme-thiolate enzyme (P-450).

References

Vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase Wikipedia
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