Gene Information
Gene NameDHCR7
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length475
Protein Names7-dehydrocholesterol reductase (7-DHC reductase) (EC 1.3.1.21) (Delta7-sterol reductase) (Sterol Delta(7)-reductase) (Sterol reductase SR-2)
Target Name7-dehydrocholesterol reductase
Target TypeNA
Gene Age886 ( ENSG00000172893 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ9UBM7
Gene CardDHCR7
Uniprot IDQ9UBM7
PfamPF01222
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.752834469)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ DHCR7 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ DHCR7 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ DHCR7 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ DHCR7 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Dhcr7 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ DHCR7 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Dhcr7 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsLBR
ParalogsLBR, TM7SF2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityWidely expressed. Most abundant in adrenal gland, liver, testis, and brain. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9465114, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9878250}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs1127869  rs104886035  rs104886038  rs80338853  rs104886041  rs104886040  rs121912195  rs28938174  rs1555146475  rs777425801  rs143312232  rs753960624  rs80338855  rs536394774  rs1555146061  rs80338856  rs80338857  rs121909764  rs886041354  rs104894212  rs398123607  rs121909765  rs1173707321  rs80338859  rs121909768  rs80338860  rs371302153  rs373306653  rs779709646  rs773134475  rs61757582  rs61757582  rs1046560765  rs80338862  rs80338862  rs760242  rs1354718634  rs535561852  rs751604696  rs80338864  rs80338864  rs542266962 
Subcellular location [CC]Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9878250};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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