Use the above information on numbering, classes and configuration to deduce the name. This is the rate limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis. Cholesterol is the raw material for synthesis of all steroid hormones. The conversion occurs in the mitochondria of cells thus requiring the transport of cholesterol from outside cells to inside. Cholesterol is also metabolized into cholic acid in the liver.
Cholic acids are a part of bile acids that are released into the intestines.