cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase activity

id: GO:0008123
name: cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: cholesterol + NADPH + H+ + O2 = 7-alpha-hydroxycholesterol + NADP+ + H2O.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0008395steroid hydroxylase activity
GO:0016709oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, NADH or NADPH as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen