UGT1A7

This gene encodes a UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, an enzyme of the glucuronidation pathway that transforms small lipophilic molecules, such as steroids, bilirubin, hormones, and drugs, into water-soluble, excretable metabolites. This gene is part of a complex locus that encodes several UDP-glucuronosyltransferases. The locus includes thirteen unique alternate first exons followed by four common exons. Four of the alternate first exons are considered pseudogenes. Each of the remaining nine 5' exons may be spliced to the four common exons, resulting in nine proteins with different N-termini and identical C-termini. Each first exon encodes the substrate binding site, and is regulated by its own promoter. The enzyme encoded by this gene has moderate glucuronidase activity with phenols. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A7

Tissue specificity

Tissue enriched (esophagus)

Predicted location

Intracellular, Membrane

Protein family

Enzymes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Metabolic proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Predicted membrane proteins

Chromosome

2 (233681938 - 233773299)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000244122  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

-

UniProt

Q9HAW7

neXtProt

NX_Q9HAW7

Human splice variants

Protein structure