a microsomal enzyme highly active in 7-alpha-hydroxylation of testosterone, androtenedione, progesterone, and a variety of structurally unrelated compounds including fatty acids and xenobiotics; encoded by genes in the CYP2A subfamily
Also Known As:
7 alpha-hydroxylase; CYP2A; CYP2A protein, human; androstenedione 7 alpha-hydroxylase; cytochrome P450 2A; cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily A, human; microsomal 7alpha-hydroxylase; progesterone 7-alphaphydroxylase; steroid 7 alpha-hydroxylase; sterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase; testicular 7 alpha-hydroxylase; testosterone 7-alpha-hydroxylase