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Cyp7a1 Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Cyp7a1
cytochrome P450, family 7, subfamily a, polypeptide 1
MGI:106091


Nomenclature History
Synonyms cholesterol 7 alpha hydroxylase
Genetic Map
Chromosome 4
Syntenic
 
Mapping data( 4)
Sequence Map
Chr4:6192759-6202780 bp, - strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
VEGA ContigView | Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; chimpanzee; cattle; dog, domestic; hamster, Chinese; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Protein SuperFamily: cytochrome P450, CYP7A1 type
TreeFam: TF105090
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000004315 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 10022 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_007824 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 4172 C57BL/6
polypeptide Q64505 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 503 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(18)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(1) : Targeted, knock-out(1)
Mice homozygous for disruption of this gene experience severe neonatal and postnatal lethality. Supplementation of the maternal diet with fat soluble vitamins and cholic acid starting before birth alleviates much of the phenotype.
Phenotype Images (3)  
Polymorphisms RFLP(1) SNPs within 2kb(99 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(17)
Process cholesterol catabolic process, cholesterol metabolic process...
Component endoplasmic reticulum, membrane...
Function cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase activity, electron carrier activity...
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (2 records)
cDNA source data(15)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(20) Genomic(4) cDNA(15) Other(1)
Microarray probesets(2)
Pathways
bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway
Other database
links
EC 1.14.13.17
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000028240
DoTS DT.40183723
UniGene 57029
DFCI TC1584365
NIA Mouse Gene Index U024821
Entrez Gene 13122
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000004315
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Cyp7a1
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR001128 Cytochrome P450
IPR002403 Cytochrome P450, E-class, group IV
IPR017972 Cytochrome P450, conserved site
IPR017973 Cytochrome P450, C-terminal
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:18307 Tzung KW et al., "Structure of the mouse cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene." Genomics 1994 May 1;21(1):244-7
(Latest) J:124949 Kurosu H et al., "Tissue-specific Expression of betaKlotho and Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) Receptor Isoforms Determines Metabolic Activity of FGF19 and FGF21." J Biol Chem 2007 Sep 14;282(37):26687-95
All references(32)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-33776

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
11/20/2009
MGI_4.31
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