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. 2014 Jan;55(1):13–31. doi: 10.1194/jlr.R031534

TABLE 1.

Vitamin D-metabolizing CYPs

P450 Species Tissue Location Subcellular Location Size (aa) Human Gene Locus Enzyme Activity Disease State Human or (Mouse Knockout) Function
CYP2R1 Human Liver Microsomes 501 11p15.2 25-Hydroxylation of D3 VDDR type 1B (unknown) Physiological
>47 species 25-Hydroxylation of D2 25-Hydroxylase
CYP27A1 Human Liver Mitochondria 531 2q33-qter 25-Hydroxylation of D3 CTX Pharmacological
>56 species Macrophage 24-Hydroxylation of D2 25-Hydroxylase
CYP2C11 Rat Liver (male) Microsomes 500 25-Hydroxylation of D3
25-Hydroxylation of D2
CYP2D25 Pig Liver Microsomes 500 25-Hydroxylation of D3
CYP2J2 Human Liver Microsomes 502 1p31.3-p31.2 25-Hydroxylation of D2
CYP2J3 Rat 25-Hydroxylation of D3
CYP3A4 Human Liver Microsomes 503 7q22.1 25-Hydroxylation of D2 4α/4β-Hydroxylation of vitamin D3
Intestine
CYP27B1 Human Kidney Mitochondrial 508 12q13.1-q13.3 1α-Hydroxylation of D3 VDDR-1A 1α-Hydroxylase
>39 species 1α-Hydroxylation of D2 (Rickets)
CYP24A1 Human Target tissue Mitochondrial 514 20q13.2-q13.3 23- and 24-Hydroxylation of 25(OH)D/1,25(OH)2D 24-Hydroxylase
>51 species

Reproduced with permission from Ref. 15.