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SUBMITTER: Cheng JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4450819 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cheng Jeffrey B JB Motola Daniel L DL Mangelsdorf David J DJ Russell David W DW
The Journal of biological chemistry 20030716 39
The conversion of vitamin D into an active ligand for the vitamin D receptor requires 25-hydroxylation in the liver and 1alpha-hydroxylation in the kidney. Mitochondrial and microsomal vitamin D 25-hydroxylase enzymes catalyze the first reaction. The mitochondrial activity is associated with sterol 27-hydroxylase, a cytochrome P450 (CYP27A1); however, the identity of the microsomal enzyme has remained elusive. A cDNA library prepared from hepatic mRNA of sterol 27-hydroxylase-deficient mice was ...[more]