Enzyme - EC
1.3.3.2 - Lathosterol oxidase
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The tridimensional structure
of this enzyme has not been resolved yet.
EC
1.3.3.2
Official
Name
Lathosterol oxidase
Alternative
name(s)
Lathosterol 5-desaturase
d-7-sterol delta-5-dehydrogenase
d-7-sterol 5-desaturase
d-7-sterol delta-5-dehydrogenase
d-7-sterol 5-desaturase
Class
1.Oxidoreductases
3.Acting on the CH-CH group of donors
3.With oxygen as acceptor
3.Acting on the CH-CH group of donors
3.With oxygen as acceptor
Reaction
catalysed
5-a-Cholest-7-en-3-b-ol
+ O2 
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-beta-ol
+ H2O2
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-beta-ol
+ H2O2Substrates
5-a-Cholest-7-en-3-b-ol
O2
Ferricyanide
O2
Ferricyanide
Products
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-b-ol
H2O2
H2O2
Cofactors
FAD, FMN.
Metabolic
Pathways
Other
comments
Ferricyanide can act as acceptor.