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lathosterol oxidase activity

Known as: delta7-sterol delta5-dehydrogenase activity, delta7-sterol 5-desaturase activity, 5-DES 
Catalysis of the reaction: 5-alpha-cholest-7-en-3-beta-ol + O2 = cholesta-5,7-dien-3-beta-ol + H2O2. [EC:1.14.21.6, MetaCyc:LATHOSTEROL-OXIDASE-RXN]
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2012
2012
Functional characterization of the genes tauO, tauK, and tauI in the biosynthesis of tautomycetin
Tautomycetin is a specific protein phosphatase I inhibitor. In an effort to elucidate the biosynthetic mechanism of tautomycetin… 
2003
2003
Virus-induced silencing of sterol biosynthetic genes: identification of a Nicotiana tabacum L. obtusifoliol-14alpha-demethylase (CYP51) by genetic manipulation of the sterol biosynthetic pathway in…
Obtusifoliol-14alpha-demethylase (CYP51) is implicated in plant sterol biosynthesis. An Arabidopsis expressed sequence tag… 
2001
2001
Deuterated delta 7-cholestenol analogues as mechanistic probes for wild-type and mutated delta 7-sterol-C5(6)-desaturase.
Deuterium-labeled 5alpha-cholest-7-en-3beta-ol (1) bearing one or two deuteriums at the C-5alpha and (or) C-6alpha positions was… 
2000
2000
Biochemistry and site-directed mutational analysis of Delta7-sterol-C5(6)-desaturase.
This report describes recent work on the process of desaturation at C5(6) of sterol precursors in plants. Biochemical… 
1997
1997
The role of cytochrome b5 in 4alpha-methyl-oxidation and C5(6) desaturation of plant sterol precursors.
The electron donors for the membrane-bound sterol-4alpha-methyl-oxidases and sterol C5(6)-desaturase of plant sterol biosynthesis… 
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