Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables 25-hydroxycholecalciferol-24-hydroxylase activity. Acts upstream of or within vitamin D metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in axial skeleton; cranium; ear; genitourinary system; and nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colorectal adenoma; gastrointestinal system cancer (multiple); hypercalcemia; lung cancer (multiple); and ulcerative colitis. Orthologous to human CYP24A1 (cytochrome P450 family 24 subfamily A member 1).