CYP51A1 - cytochrome P450 family 51 subfamily A member 1 Gene

Also Known as LDM; CP51; CYP51; CYPL1; P450L1; P450-14DM

Species: Homo sapiens

Gene Type: protein coding
Gene ID: 1595

About CYP51A1

Cytogenetic location: 7q21.2 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 7:92,112,153-92,134,803 (from NCBI)

This gene has 5 transcripts (splice variants), 204 orthologues and is associated with 2 phenotypes. Broad expression in liver (RPKM 53.6), testis (RPKM 45.9) and 25 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 participates in the synthesis of Cholesterol by catalyzing the removal of the 14alpha-methyl group from lanosterol. Homologous genes are found in all three eukaryotic phyla, fungi, Plants, and Animals, suggesting that this is one of the oldest Cytochrome P450 genes. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2009]

CYP51A1 Products (2)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_000786.4 NP_000777.1 lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase isoform 1 precursor
NM_001146152.2 NP_001139624.1 lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase isoform 2
Molecular Function GO Annotation Evidence References Source
enables heme binding IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
20149798 GOA
enables sterol 14-demethylase activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
20149798 GOA
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence References Source
involved in steroid biosynthetic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
20149798 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

CYP51A1 Protein Structure

p450

p450: Cytochrome P450 (71 - 498)

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  • 509 a.a.
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase

  • CYPLI

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Congenital Cataract-Severe Neonatal Hepatopathy-Global Developmental Delay Syndrome
Chagas Disease
  • American Trypanosomiasis

  • Chagas' Disease

  • Chagas' Disease With Digestive System Involvement

  • Chagas' Disease With Nervous System Involvement

  • Chagas' Disease With Other Organ Involvement

  • Infection Due To Trypanosoma Cruzi

  • South American Trypanosomiasis

  • Chronic Chagas Disease With Digestive System Involvement

Antley-Bixler Syndrome
  • Trapezoidocephaly Synostosis Syndrome

  • Trapezoidocephaly-Synostosis Syndrome

  • Antley Bixler Syndrome

  • Multisynostotic Osteodysgenesis With Long Bone Fractures

  • Osteodysgenesis, Multisynostotic With Fractures

  • Antley-Bixler Syndrome, Autosomal Dominant

  • Antley-Bixler Syndrome Phenotype

Fusariosis
  • Fusarium Infection

Tinea Pedis
  • Athlete'S Foot

  • Dermatophytosis Of Foot

  • Ringworm Of Foot

  • Moccasin Foot

Tinea Unguium
  • Dermatophytosis Of Nail

  • Onychomycosis Due To Dermatophyte

  • Cellulitis And Abscess

  • Cellulitis And Abscess Of Buttock

  • Cellulitis And Abscess Of Face

  • Cellulitis And Abscess Of Finger

  • Cellulitis And Abscess Of Finger And Toe

  • Cellulitis And Abscess Of Gluteal Region

  • Cellulitis And Abscess Of Trunk

  • Cellulitis And Abscess Of Upper Arm And Forearm

  • Dermatophytic Onychia

  • Dermatophytic Onychomycosis

  • Onychomycosis

  • Ringworm Of Nails

  • Tinea Of Nail

Tinea Cruris
  • Dermatophytosis Of Groin & Perianal Area

  • Dermatophytosis Of Groin And Perianal Area

  • Dhobie Itch

  • Tinea Of Perianal Region

Fungal Meningitis
  • Meningitis, Fungal

  • Mycotic Meningitis

Dermatomycosis
  • Dermatomycoses

Dehydrated Hereditary Stomatocytosis 1 With Or Without Pseudohyperkalemia And/Or Perinatal Edema
  • Dehydrated Hereditary Stomatocytosis

  • Hereditary Xerocytosis

  • Xerocytosis, Hereditary

  • Pshk1

  • Pseudohyperkalemia Edinburgh

  • Dehydrated Hereditary Stomatocytosis With Or Without Pseudohyperkalemia And/Or Perinatal Edema

  • DHS1

  • Dhs

  • Hereditary Desiccytosis

  • Dehydrated Hereditary Stomatocytosis 1

  • Desiccytosis, Hereditary

  • Pseudohyperkalemia, Familial, 1, Due To Red Cell Leak

  • Pseudohyperkalemia Familial 1, Due To Red Cell Leak

  • Desiccytosis Hereditary

  • Xerocytosis Hereditary

  • Familial Pseudohyperkalemia 1 Due To Red Cell Leak

  • Stomatocytosis, Dehydrated, Hereditary, With/Without Pseudohyperkalemia And/Or Perinatal Edema

  • Xerocytosis

Candidiasis
  • Systemic Candidiasis

  • Invasive Candidiasis

  • Disseminated Candidiasis

  • Systemic Candida Infections

  • Candidiasis, Invasive

Invasive Aspergillosis
  • Aspergillosis Invasive

Cryptococcal Meningitis
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal

  • Meningitis Cryptococcal

Dermatophytosis
  • Tinea

  • Dermatophytosis, Unspecified

  • Ringworm

  • Infections Due To Species Of Epidermophyton, Microsporum And Trichophyton

  • Cutaneous Mycosis

  • Dermal Mycosis

  • Superficial Mycosis, Unspecified

  • Fungus Infection Of Skin

  • Skin Mycosis

  • Dermatitis Fungoid

  • Fungal Dermatitis

  • Fungal Dermatosis

  • Mycotic Infection Of Skin

Fungal Infectious Disease
  • Mycoses

  • Mycosis

Esophageal Candidiasis
  • Candidiasis Of The Esophagus

  • Candida Esophagitis

  • Candidal Esophagitis

  • Esophageal Moniliasis

  • Esophageal Thrush

Opportunistic Mycosis
  • Opportunistic Mycoses

  • Opportunistic Systemic Mycoses

Mucormycosis
  • Zygomycosis

  • Disseminated Mucormycosis

  • Absidia Infection

  • Absidia Mucoromycosis

  • Cunninghamella Infection

  • Cunninghamella Mucoromycosis

  • Infection By Absidia Spp

  • Infection By Rhizopus Spp

  • Mucor Infection

  • Mucor Mucoromycosis

  • Infection By Mucor Spp

  • Rhizopus Infection

  • Rhizopus Mucoromycosis

  • Infection By Cunninghamella Spp

  • Phycomycosis Nos

Pulmonary Aspergilloma
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis 1
  • Tuberculosis

  • Tuberculoma

  • Tuberculosis, Susceptibility To

  • Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Susceptibility To, 1

  • Mtbs1

  • TB

Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
  • Pam

  • Naegleria Fowleri Infection

  • Meningoencephalitis Caused By Naegleria Fowleri

  • Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

Tinea Capitis
  • Dermatophytosis Of Scalp

  • Scalp Ringworm

  • Dermatophytosis Of Scalp Or Beard

  • Tinea Capitis Due To Trichophyton Rubrum

  • Trichophyton Rubrum Tinea Capitis

Conidiobolomycosis
  • Infection By Conidiobolus

  • Rhinoentomophthoromycosis

  • Entomophthoromycosis Conidiobolae

Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis
  • Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis

  • Acanthamoeba Encephalitis

  • Acanthamoeba Granulomatous Encephalitis

  • Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis Due To Acanthamoeba

Eumycotic Mycetoma
  • Eumycetoma

  • Maduromycosis

  • Mycetoma

  • Madura Foot

  • Maduromycosis, Mycotic

  • Mycotic Mycetoma

  • Mycetoma Of Foot

  • Eumycotic Maduromycosis

  • Mycetoma Due To Fungal Infection

Trichosporonosis
Sleeping Sickness
  • African Trypanosomiasis

  • African Sleeping Sickness

  • Trypanosomiasis, Human East-African

  • Trypanosomiasis, East African

  • Trypanosomiasis African

  • Trypanosomiasis, African

  • Human African Trypanosomiasis

Blastomycosis
  • Gilchrist'S Disease

  • North American Blastomycosis

  • Blastomyces Dermatitidis Infection

  • Blastomycotic Infection

  • Infection By Blastomyces Dermatitidis

  • Gilchrist Disease

  • Chicago Disease

  • Chicago Disease Or Disorder

  • Blastomycosis, Unspecified

  • Blastomyces Infection

Coccidioidomycosis
  • Valley Fever

  • Primary Extrapulmonary Coccidioidomycosis

  • Coccidioides Immitis Infection

  • Coccidiosis

  • Coccidioides Infection

  • Coccidioidomycosis, Unspecified

  • San Joaquin Fever

  • California Disease

  • Desert Fever

  • Desert Rheumatism

  • San Joaquin Valley Fever

  • Enteric Coccidiosis

  • Primary Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis

  • Acute Coccidioidomycosis

  • Posadas Wernicke Disease

External Ear Disease
  • Diseases Of External Ear

  • Preauricular Cyst

  • Preauricular Sinus And Fistula

  • Preauricular Sinus Or Fistula

Primary Systemic Mycosis
Congenital Hemidysplasia With Ichthyosiform Erythroderma And Limb Defects
  • Child Syndrome

  • Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Unilateral, With Ipsilateral Malformations, Especially Absence Deformity Of Limbs

  • Child Nevus

  • Congenital Hemidysplasia With Ichthyosiform Nevus And Limbs Defects

  • Congenital Hemidysplasia With Ichthyosiform Nevus And Limb Defects

  • Ichthyosis, Child Syndrome

  • Child Syndrome Ichthyosis

  • CHILD

Otitis Externa
  • Swimmer'S Ear

  • Infective Otitis Externa

  • Acute Infective Otitis Externa

Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
  • Candidiasis Of Vulva And Vagina

  • Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal

  • Candidal Vulvovaginitis

  • Candidal: Cervix

  • Monilial Vulvovaginitis

  • Candidiasis Vulvovaginal

Trypanosomiasis
Cryptococcosis
  • Cryptococcus Neoformans Infection

  • Torulosis

  • Busse-Buschke'S Disease

  • Cryptococcal Infection

  • European Cryptococcosis

  • Torula

  • Infection By Cryptococcus Neoformans

  • Cryptococcosis Infection

  • European Blastomycosis

  • European Blastomycotic Infection

  • European Blastomycoses Infection

  • Torula Histolytica Infection

Visceral Leishmaniasis
  • Kala-Azar

  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral

  • Infection By Visceral Leishmaniasis

  • Leishmaniasis Visceral

  • Sahib Disease

  • Ponos

  • Burdwan Fever

  • Mard El Bicha

  • Sirkari Disease

  • Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis

  • Dumdum Fever

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis Due To Leishmania Donovani

Parasitic Protozoa Infectious Disease
  • Protozoan Infections

  • Mastigophora Infectious Disease

  • Sarcomastigophora Infectious Disease

Leukodystrophy
  • Leukodystrophies

Craniosynostosis
  • Premature Closure Of Cranial Sutures

  • Craniostenosis

  • Craniosynostosis Syndrome

  • Cso

  • Craniosynostoses

  • Congenital Ossification Of Cranial Sutures

  • Congenital Ossification Of Sutures Of Skull

  • Craniostosis

  • Imperfect Fusion Of Skull

  • Congenital Imperfect Closure Skull

  • Imperfect Closure Skull

  • Premature Closure Cranium Sutures

  • Deficiency Of Craniofacial Axis

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
Canis familiaris CYP51A1 VGNC VGNC:50376
Felis catus CYP51A1 VGNC VGNC:103342
Mus musculus CYP51A1 MGD MGI:106040
Rattus norvegicus CYP51A1 RGD RGD:2481
Bos taurus CYP51A1 VGNC VGNC:110275
Macaca mulatta CYP51A1 VGNC VGNC:103628
Others CYP51A1 NCBI