cytochrome P450 26C1

Function

• role in retinoic acid metabolism
• acts on retinoids, including all-trans-retinoic acid & its stereoisomer 9-cis-retinoic acid (preferred substrate)

Structure

belongs to the cytochrome P450 family

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• detected in most tissues at very low level
• induced by retinoic acid

More general terms

• cytochrome P450

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=340665
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608428
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3406
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q6V0L0.html