Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase activity. Acts upstream of or within cholesterol catabolic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum and membrane. Predicted to be active in intracellular membrane-bounded organelle. Is expressed in liver. Orthologous to human CYP7A1 (cytochrome P450 family 7 subfamily A member 1).