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cholesterol desmolase activity

Known as: cholesterol C(20-22) desmolase activity, desmolase, steroid 20-22, cytochrome P-450scc 
Catalysis of the reaction: cholesterol + reduced adrenal ferredoxin + O2 = pregnenolone + 4-methylpentanal + oxidized adrenal ferredoxin + H2O. [EC:1… 
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Cholesterol Monooxygenase (Side-Chain-Cleaving)

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2015
2015
The strength in comparison
Exciting progress in understanding mammalian sex determination goes way beyond a gene on the Y chromosome (SRY, sex determining… 
2005
2005
Gonadal structure and P450scc and 3β-HSD immunoreactivity in the gobiid fish Trimma okinawae during bidirectional sex change
The process of sex change in the gobiid fish Trimma okinawae was investigated by gonad histology and immunohistochemistry of two… 
2001
2001
Mechanism of 1,2-hydride shift in some carbocations involved in steroid biosynthesis
The mechanism of 1, 2-hydride shift in protosteryl C(20) cation (1A) and in dammarenyl C(20) cation (2A) was investigated by the… 
1992
1992
Adrenal P-450scc modulates activity of P-45011 beta in liposomal and mitochondrial membranes. Implication of P-450scc in zone specificity of aldosterone biosynthesis in bovine adrenal.
1979
1979
Steroidogenesis in isolated cells and mitochondria of rat Snell adrenocortical carcinoma 494.
ACTH produced a 75% increase in pregnenolone biosynthesis from endogenous precursors in isolated cells prepared from the rat… 
1976
1976
[Effect of ACTH on cholesterol desmolase activity in rat adrenal cortex as estimated by pregnenolone formation from endogenous cholesterol].
1974
1974
Phospholipids of adrenal cortex mitochondria and the steroid hydroxylases: the lipid-environment of cytochrome P-450.
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