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7-dehydrocholesterol reductase activity

Known as: sterol delta7 reductase activity, sterol delta7-reductase activity, cholesterol:NADP+ delta7-oxidoreductase activity 
Catalysis of the reaction: cholesterol + NADP+ = cholesta-5,7-dien-3-beta-ol + NADPH + H+. [EC:1.3.1.21]
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2005
2005
Britain Exchange of Sterols between Myelin and other Membranes of Developing Rat Brain
1. The effect ofinhibition ofcholesterol synthesis by a hypocholesterolaemic drug (AY-9944) was studied in rat brain during… 
1996
1996
For an encoding A. thaliana protein DNA sequence having delta-5,7 sterol delta-7 reductase activity, the protein, methods for producing transformed yeast strains and uses
1977
1977
Sterol synthesis. Chemical synthesis of 3beta-benzoyloxy -14alpha, 15alpha-epoxy-5alpha-cholest-7-ene, a key intermediate in the synthesis of 15-oxygenated sterols.
3BETA-Benzoyloxy-14alpha, 15alpha-cholest-7-ene was obtained in 96% yield upon treatment of 3beta-benzoyloxy-5alpha-cholesta-7…