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Squalene monooxygenase

Known as: Squalene Monooxygenase (2,3-Epoxidizing), Squalene Epoxidase, Epoxidase, Squalene 
The second enzyme in the committed pathway for CHOLESTEROL biosynthesis, this enzyme catalyzes the first oxygenation step in the biosynthesis of… 
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2003
2003
2,3‐Oxidosqualene cyclases (OSC) are key enzymes in sterol biosynthesis. They catalyze the stereoselective cyclization and… 
2003
2003
Supernatant protein factor is a 46-kDa cytosolic protein that stimulates squalene monooxygenase, a downstream enzyme in the… 
2000
2000
ABSTRACT Pneumocystis carinii synthesizes sterols with a double bond at C-7 of the sterol nucleus and an alkyl group with one or… 
2000
2000
Squalene epoxidase (SE) (EC 1.14.99.7) is a flavin-requiring, non-cytochrome P-450 oxidase that catalyzes the conversion of… 
1999
1999
The cyclization of squalene catalyzed by the enzyme squalene-hopene cyclase (SHC) leads to the hopanoid family of pentacyclic… 
1957
1957
SINCE the demonstration that squalene might be an important precursor to cholesterol in endogenous synthesis1–3, it was felt that…