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Side chain hydroxylations in bile acid biosynthesis catalyzed by CYP3A are markedly up-regulated in Cyp27-/- mice but not in cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 14 Sept 2001
Honda A, Salen G, Matsuzaki Y, Batta A K, Xu G, Leitersdorf E, Tint G S, Erickson S K, Tanaka N, Shefer S
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The accumulation of various 25-hydroxylated C(27)-bile alcohols in blood and their excretion in urine are characteristic features of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) a recessively inherited inborn error of bile acid synthesis caused by mutations in the mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27) gene. These bile alcohols may be intermediates in the alternative cholic acid side chain cleavage pathway. The...
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