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EC 1.14.18.11 Details
EC number
1.14.18.11
Accepted name
plant 4α-monomethylsterol monooxygenase
Reaction
24-methylidenelophenol + 6 ferrocytochrome b5 + 3 O2 + 6 H+ = 3β-hydroxyergosta-7,24(241)-dien-4α-carboxylate + 6 ferricytochrome b5 + 4 H2O (overall reaction);;(1a) 24-methylidenelophenol + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ = 4α-(hydroxymethyl)ergosta-7,24(241)-dien-3β-ol + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + H2O;;(1b) 4α-(hydroxymethyl)ergosta-7,24(241)-dien-3β-ol + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ = 4α-formylergosta-7,24(241)-dien-3β-ol + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O;;(1c) 4α-formylergosta-7,24(241)-dien-3β-ol + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ = 3β-hydroxyergosta-7,24(241)-dien-4α-carboxylate + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Other name(s)
SMO2 (gene name)
Systematic name
24-ethylidenelophenol,ferrocytochrome-b5:oxygen oxidoreductase (C-4α-methyl-hydroxylating)
Comment
This plant enzyme catalyses a step in the biosynthesis of sterols. It acts on the methyl group of the 4α-methylated intermediates 24-ethylidenelophenol and 24-methylidenelophenol and catalyses three successive oxidations, turning it into a carboxyl group. The carboxylate is subsequently removed by EC 1.1.1.418, plant 3β-hydroxysteroid-4α-carboxylate 3-dehydrogenase (decarboxylating). Unlike the fungal/animal enzyme EC 1.14.18.9, 4α-methylsterol monooxygenase, this enzyme is not able to act on 4,4-dimethylated substrates. That activity, which occurs earlier in the pathway, is performed in plants by a second enzyme, EC 1.14.18.10, plant 4,4-dimethylsterol C-4α-methyl-monooxygenase.
History
created 2019
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1.14.99.6 created 1972, modified 2000, deleted 2000
1.14.99.8 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.14.99.13 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.14.99.16 created 1972, deleted 2002
1.14.99.17 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.14.99.18 created 1976, modified 1999, deleted 2003
1.14.99.25 created 1986, deleted 2000