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EC 1.14.19.1 Details
EC number
1.14.19.1
Accepted name
stearoyl-CoA 9-desaturase
Reaction
stearoyl-CoA + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ = oleoyl-CoA + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O
Other name(s)
Δ9-desaturase, acyl-CoA desaturase, fatty acid desaturase, stearoyl-CoA, hydrogen-donor:oxygen oxidoreductase
Systematic name
stearoyl-CoA,ferrocytochrome-b5:oxygen oxidoreductase (9,10-dehydrogenating)
CAS registry number
9014-34-0
Comment
An iron protein. The rat liver enzyme is an enzyme system involving cytochrome b5 and EC 1.6.2.2, cytochrome-b5 reductase. The ferricytochrome b5 produced is reduced by NADH and cytochrome-b5 reductase (EC 1.6.2.2).
History
created 1972 as EC 1.14.99.5, modified 1986, modified 2000, transferred 2000 to EC 1.14.19.1, modified 2003
EC Tree
1.14.3.1 created 1961 as EC 1.99.1.2, transferred 1965 to EC 1.14.3.1, deleted 1972