CYP20A1

CYP20A1 (cytochrome P450, family 20, subfamily A, polypeptide 1) is a is_associated_with::protein which in humans is encoded by the CYP20A1 is_associated_with::gene.

This gene encodes a member of the is_associated_with::cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are is_associated_with::monooxygenases that catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. This protein lacks one amino acid of the conserved is_associated_with::heme binding site. It also lacks the conserved I-helix motif AGX(D,E)T, suggesting that its substrate may carry its own oxygen.