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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Oxygenases > Mixed Function Oxygenases > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Steroid Hydroxylases > Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase
Enzymes and Coenzymes > Cytochromes > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Steroid Hydroxylases > Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Hemeproteins > Cytochromes > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Steroid Hydroxylases > Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Oxygenases > Mixed Function Oxygenases > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Cytochrome P450 Family 46 > Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase
Enzymes and Coenzymes > Cytochromes > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Cytochrome P450 Family 46 > Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Hemeproteins > Cytochromes > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Cytochrome P450 Family 46 > Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase

Preferred term

Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Brain Specific 24S Hydroxylase
  • Brain-Specific 24S-Hydroxylase

Scope note

  • A steroid hydroxylase that functions in CHOLESTEROL homeostasis in the brain. It converts cholesterol into 24S-hydroxycholesterol, which is transported over the BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER more rapidly than unmetabolized cholesterol.

History note

  • 2017 (1999)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000072556

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