Description
Product Characteristics:
Cytochrome P450 proteins are heme-thiolate monooxygenases that mediate NADPH-dependent electron transport and function to oxidize a variety of structurally unrelated compounds, including steroids, fatty acids and xenobiotics. Specifically, Cytochrome P450s are responsible for metabolizing arachidonic acid to hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (a regulator of blood pressure) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (a molecule involved in signaling events). CYP20A1 (cytochrome P450, family 20, subfamily A, polypeptide 1), also known as CYP-M, is a 462 amino acid single-pass membrane protein that belongs to the cytochrome P450 family. CYP20A1 is thought to carry its own oxygen as it lacks a conserved I-helix motif and one amino acid of its conserved heme binding site.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane
Synonyms: CP20A_HUMAN, CYP M, Cyp20a1, Cytochrome P450 20A1, Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, Cytochrome P450, family 20, subfamily A, polypeptide 1, MGC22229.
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases that catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. This protein lacks one amino acid of the conserved heme binding site. It also lacks the conserved I-helix motif AGX(D,E)T, suggesting that its substrate may carry its own oxygen. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]