7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase

DHCR7
Identifiers
AliasesDHCR7, SLOS, 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase
External IDsOMIM: 602858; MGI: 1298378; HomoloGene: 1042; GeneCards: DHCR7; OMA:DHCR7 - orthologs
EC number1.3.1.21
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

1717

13360

Ensembl

ENSG00000172893

ENSMUSG00000058454

UniProt

Q9UBM7

O88455

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001163817
NM_001360

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001157289
NP_001351

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 71.43 – 71.45 MbChr 7: 143.38 – 143.4 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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7-dehydrocholesterol reductase
Identifiers
EC no.1.3.1.21
CAS no.9080-21-1
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO
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PMCarticles
PubMedarticles
NCBIproteins

7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase, also known as DHCR7, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DHCR7 gene.[5][6][7]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is an enzyme catalyzing the reversible production of cholesterol from 7-dehydrocholesterol using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) as its cofactor.[8]

 
 
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The DHCR7 gene encodes delta-7-sterol reductase (EC 1.3.1.21), the ultimate 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.[5]

It displays a modest level of enzyme promiscuity, being able to catalyze analogous reactions with (substrate in forward direction) brassicasterol,[9] 20S(OH)7DHC, 27(OH)DHC and 7-dehydrodesmosterol.[10]

Pathology

A deficiency is associated with Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome.[11]

All house cats and dogs have higher-than-usual activity of this enzyme, causing an inability to synthesize vitamin D due to the lack of 7-dehydrocholesterol.[12]

Interactive pathway map

Click on genes, proteins and metabolites below to link to respective articles. [§ 1]

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Vitamin D Synthesis Pathway (view / edit)
  1. ^ The interactive pathway map can be edited at WikiPathways: "VitaminDSynthesis_WP1531".

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000172893Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000058454Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: DHCR7 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase".
  6. ^ Moebius FF, Fitzky BU, Lee JN, Paik YK, Glossmann H (Feb 1998). "Molecular cloning and expression of the human delta7-sterol reductase". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95 (4): 1899–902. Bibcode:1998PNAS...95.1899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.4.1899. PMC 19210. PMID 9465114.
  7. ^ Wassif CA, Maslen C, Kachilele-Linjewile S, Lin D, Linck LM, Connor WE, et al. (Jul 1998). "Mutations in the human sterol delta7-reductase gene at 11q12-13 cause Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome". American Journal of Human Genetics. 63 (1): 55–62. doi:10.1086/301936. PMC 1377256. PMID 9634533.
  8. ^ Enzyme 1.3.1.21 at KEGG Pathway Database.
  9. ^ Kuwabara N, Sato S, Nakagawa S (1 December 2023). "Effects of Long-Term High-Ergosterol Intake on the Cholesterol and Vitamin D Biosynthetic Pathways of Rats Fed a High-Fat and High-Sucrose Diet". Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 46 (12): 1683–1691. doi:10.1248/bpb.b23-00348.
  10. ^ Tuckey RC, Tang EK, Chen YA, Slominski AT (September 2021). "Selective ability of rat 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR7) to act on some 7-Dehydrocholesterol metabolites but not on lumisterol metabolites". The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 212 105929. doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2021.105929.
  11. ^ Yu H, Patel SB (Nov 2005). "Recent insights into the Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome". Clinical Genetics. 68 (5): 383–91. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00515.x. PMC 1350989. PMID 16207203.
  12. ^ Zafalon RV, Risolia LW, Pedrinelli V, Vendramini TH, Rodrigues RB, Amaral AR, et al. (January 2020). "Vitamin D metabolism in dogs and cats and its relation to diseases not associated with bone metabolism". Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 104 (1): 322–342. doi:10.1111/jpn.13259. PMID 31803981.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.