| EC |
4.1.2.33 |
| Accepted name: |
fucosterol-epoxide lyase |
| Reaction: |
(24R,241R)-fucosterol epoxide = desmosterol + acetaldehyde |
| Glossary: |
(24R,241R)-fucosterol epoxide = (3β,24R,28R)-24,28-epoxystigmast-5-en-3-ol |
| Other name(s): |
(24R,24′R)-fucosterol-epoxide acetaldehyde-lyase; (24R,24′R)-fucosterol-epoxide acetaldehyde-lyase (desmosterol-forming) |
| Systematic name: |
(24R,241R)-fucosterol-epoxide acetaldehyde-lyase (desmosterol-forming) |
| Comments: |
The insect enzyme is involved in the conversion of sitosterol into cholesterol. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 99676-42-3 |
| References: |
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Prestwich, G.D., Angelastro, M., De Palma, A. and Perino, M.A. Fucosterol epoxide lyase of insects: synthesis of labeled substrates and development of a partition assay. Anal. Biochem. 151 (1985) 315–326. [DOI] [PMID: 3913328] |
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