| 7-deaza-dGTP, 7-aminocephalosporanic acid, 6-phosphogluconolactonase | |
| 7-methylguanine, 7-methylguanosine, 7TM protein |
7-dehydrocholesterol reductase, also known as DHCR7, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DHCR7 gene.[1][2][3]
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The protein encoded by this gene is an enzyme catalyzing the production of cholesterol from 7-Dehydrocholesterol using NADPH.
The DHCR7 gene encodes delta-7-sterol reductase (EC 1.3.1.21), the penultimate enzyme of mammalian sterol biosynthesis that converts 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) to cholesterol. This enzyme removes the C(7-8) double bond introduced by the sterol delta8-delta7 isomerases. In addition, its role in drug-induced malformations is known: inhibitors of the last step of cholesterol biosynthesis such as AY9944 and BM15766 severely impair brain development.[1]
A deficiency is associated with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome.[4]
Click on genes, proteins and metabolites below to link to respective articles. [5]
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.
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