Vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox enzyme Vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase (Template:EC number, CYP24A1) is an enzyme with systematic name calcitriol,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (24-hydroxylating).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- (1) calcitriol + NADPH + H+ + O2 calcitetrol + NADP+ + H2O
- (2) calcidiol + NADPH + H+ + O2 secalciferol + NADP+ + H2O
Vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase is a heme-thiolate enzyme (P-450).