Category:GO:0000254 ! C-4 methylsterol oxidase activity

id: GO:0000254

name: C-4 methylsterol oxidase activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of the reaction: 4,4-dimethyl-5alpha-cholest-7-en-3beta-ol + 6 Fe(II)-[cytochrome b5] + 5 H+ + 3 O2 = 4alpha-carboxy-4beta-methyl-5alpha-cholest-7-ene-3beta-ol + 6 Fe(III)-[cytochrome b5] + 4 H2O." [PMID:9811880, RHEA:55220]
comment: Note that zymosterol is cholesta-8,24-dien-3-ol.
synonym: "4-methylsterol oxidase activity" EXACT [EC:1.14.18.9]
synonym: "methylsterol hydroxylase activity" RELATED [EC:1.14.18.9]
synonym: "methylsterol monooxygenase activity" RELATED [EC:1.14.18.9]
xref: EC:1.14.18.9
xref: MetaCyc:RXN-13188
xref: RHEA:55220
is_a: GO:0016716 ! oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, another compound as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0000254</GOterm>
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