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CYP2W1 (cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily W polypeptide 1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP2W1 gene.This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol steroids and other lipids.