Enzyme Details

 EC Classification 1.14.19.20
 Enzyme name
(recommended)		 Delta(7)-sterol 5-desaturase
 Alternative names Delta(7)-sterol Delta(5)-dehydrogenase
Delta(7)-sterol-C5(6)-desaturase
5-DES
 Classification
Oxidoreductases
Acting on paired donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen
With oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water
 Catalyses reactions
2 H+ + O2 + 2 Ferrocytochrome b5 + 5alpha-Cholest-7-en-3beta-ol <-> 2 H2O + 2 Ferricytochrome b5 + Cholesta-5,7-dien-3beta-ol
 External links Expasy
KEGG
BRENDA
IntEnz (EBI)
IUBMB
Reactome
MetaCrop


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