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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-10
pubmed:abstractText
Oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase has broad substrate specificity for sterol metabolites and may be involved in many metabolic processes including bile acid synthesis and neurosteroid metabolism. The cloned human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7B1) cDNA encodes a polypeptide of 506 amino acid residues that shares 40% sequence identity to human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), the rate-limiting enzyme in the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids in the liver. In contrast to the liver-specific expression of CYP7A1, CYP7B1 mRNA transcripts were detected in human tissues involved in steroid genesis (brain, testes, ovary, and prostate) and in bile acid synthesis (liver) and reabsorption (colon, kidney, and small intestine). The human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase transiently expressed in 293/T cells was able to catalyze 7alpha-hydroxylation of 27-hydroxycholesterol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). The human CYP7A1 and CYP7B1 both contain six exons and five introns. However, CYP7B1 spans at least 65 kb of the genome and is about 6-fold longer than CYP7A1. The transcription start site (+1) was localized 204 bp upstream of the initiation codon. No TATA box-like sequence was found near the transcription start site. Transient transfection assays of CYP7B1 promoter/luciferase reporter constructs in HepG2 cells revealed that the promoter was highly active. The 5' upstream region from nt -83 to +189 is the core promoter of the gene.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2195-203
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Codon, Initiator, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Hydroxycholesterols, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Steroid Hydroxylases, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10588945-Transfection
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure and functions of human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase cDNAs and gene CYP7B1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, P. O. Box 95, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.