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The conversion of vitamin D, especially cholecalciferol, to 25(OH)D (calcifediol) is one of the key steps in the vitamin D hormonal system. The CYP2R1 enzymatic activity achieving this process was previously thought to be constitutively expressed and stable, so that serum 25(OH)D was a measure of the supply of vitamin D. [9]
Shortly thereafter, the conversion of vitamin D to calcifediol and then to calcitriol, the biologically active form, was confirmed. [236] The photosynthesis of vitamin D 3 in skin via previtamin D 3 and its subsequent metabolism was described in 1980. [237]
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Previtamin D 3 is an intermediate in the production of cholecalciferol (vitamin D 3). It is formed by the action of UV light, most specifically UVB light of wavelengths between 295 and 300 nm, acting on 7-dehydrocholesterol in the epidermal layers of the skin. [1] [2] [3] The B ring of the steroid nucleus structure is broken open, making a ...
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Ergosterol is a biological precursor of vitamin D 2, the chemical name of which is ergocalciferol. Exposure of white button mushrooms to UV-C irradiation produces time-dependent increases in vitamin D2 concentrations in the mushrooms.