CYP46A1 - cytochrome P450 family 46 subfamily A member 1 Gene

Also Known as CP46; CYP46

Species: Homo sapiens

Gene Type: protein coding
Gene ID: 10858

About CYP46A1

Cytogenetic location: 14q32.2 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 14:99,684,298-99,727,301 (from NCBI)

This gene has 7 transcripts (splice variants) and 260 orthologues. Biased expression in brain (RPKM 14.7), heart (RPKM 1.0) and 2 other tissues.

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the Cytochrome P450 superfamily of Enzymes. The Cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of Cholesterol, Steroids and Other lipids. This endoplasmic reticulum protein is expressed in the brain, where it converts Cholesterol to 24S-hydroxycholesterol. While Cholesterol cannot pass the blood-brain barrier, 24S-hydroxycholesterol can be secreted in the brain into the circulation to be returned to the liver for catabolism. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

CYP46A1 Products (1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_006668.2 NP_006659.1 cholesterol 24-hydroxylase precursor
Molecular Function GO Annotation Evidence Références Source
enables cholesterol 24-hydroxylase activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
14640697 GOA
enables heme binding IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
18621681 GOA
enables steroid hydroxylase activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
14640697 GOA
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence Références Source
involved in cholesterol catabolic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
14640697 GOA
involved in progesterone metabolic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
14640697 GOA
involved in xenobiotic metabolic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
20667828 GOA
EXP: Inferred from Experiment IDA: Inferred from direct assay IPI: Inferred from physical interaction IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction IEP: Inferred from expression pattern

CYP46A1 Protein Structure

p450

p450: Cytochrome P450 (34 - 470)

  • 0
  • 100
  • 200
  • 300
  • 400
  • 500 a.a.
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

cholesterol 24-hydroxylase

  • CH24H

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Alzheimer Disease, Familial, 1
  • Alzheimer Disease

  • Alzheimer'S Disease

  • Presenile And Senile Dementia

  • AD1

  • Alzheimer Disease, Susceptibility To

  • Alzheimer Disease, Late-Onset, Susceptibility To

  • Alzheimer Disease 1, Familial

  • AD

  • Familial Alzheimer Disease

  • Alzheimer Disease, Late-Onset

  • Alzheimers Dementia

  • Alzheimer Dementia

  • Alzheimer Sclerosis

  • Alzheimer Syndrome

  • Alzheimer-Type Dementia

  • Dat

  • Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia

  • Sdat

  • Alzheimer Disease 1

  • Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer Disease

  • Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease With Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

  • Late Onset Alzheimer Disease

  • Alzheimers Disease

  • Alzheimer Disease, Early-Onset, With Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

  • Late-Onset Alzheimers Disease

  • Alzheimer'S Disease Pathway Kegg

  • Dementia Due To Alzheimer'S Disease

  • Alzheimer Disease Type 1

  • Alzheimers

Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
  • CTX

  • Cerebral Cholesterinosis

  • Cholestanol Storage Disease

  • Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous

  • Sterol 27-Hydroxylase Deficiency

  • Xanthomatosis Cerebrotendinous

  • Cerebrotendinous Cholesterinosis

  • Cholestanolosis

  • Van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein Disease

C Syndrome
  • Opitz Trigonocephaly Syndrome

  • Trigonocephaly

  • Trigonocephaly Syndrome

  • Trigonocephaly C Syndrome

  • Opitz C Trigonocephaly

  • Opitz Trigonocephaly C Syndrome

  • Otcs

  • CSYN

Ck Syndrome
  • CKS

  • X-Linked Intellectual Disability-Microcephaly-Cortical Malformation-Thin Habitus Syndrome

  • Mental Retardation, X-Linked, With Thin Body Habitus And Cortical Malformation

Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome
  • SLOS

  • Rsh Syndrome

  • 7-Dehydrocholesterol Reductase Deficiency

  • Slo Syndrome

  • Rutledge Lethal Multiple Congenital Anomaly Syndrome

  • Lethal Acrodysgenital Syndrome

  • Polydactyly, Sex Reversal, Renal Hypoplasia, And Unilobar Lung

  • Smith-Opitz-Inborn Syndrome

  • Polydactyly, Sex Reversal, Renal Hypoplasia, And Unilobular Lung

  • Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome

  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, Type Ii

Niemann-Pick Disease
  • Sphingomyelin/Cholesterol Lipidosis

  • Niemann-Pick Diseases

  • Lipoid Histiocytosis

  • Sphingomyelin Lipidosis

  • Sphingomyelinase Deficiency Disease

  • Lipid Histiocytosis

  • Neuronal Cholesterol Lipidosis

  • Neuronal Lipidosis

  • Npd

  • Sphingomyelinase Deficiency

  • Niemann-Pick Disease, Type A

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Felis catus CYP46A1 VGNC VGNC:103344
Canis familiaris CYP46A1 VGNC VGNC:50360
Rattus norvegicus CYP46A1 RGD RGD:1306605
Mus musculus CYP46A1 MGD MGI:1341877
Macaca mulatta CYP46A1 VGNC VGNC:103627
Bos taurus CYP46A1 VGNC VGNC:110269