EC |
1.14.99.24 |
Accepted name: |
steroid 9α-monooxygenase |
Reaction: |
pregna-4,9(11)-diene-3,20-dione + reduced acceptor + O2 = 9,11α-epoxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione + acceptor + H2O |
Other name(s): |
steroid 9α-hydroxylase |
Systematic name: |
steroid,hydrogen-donor:oxygen oxidoreductase (9-epoxidizing) |
Comments: |
An enzyme system involving a flavoprotein (FMN) and two iron-sulfur proteins. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 82869-33-8 |
References: |
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Strijewski, A. The steroid-9α-hydroxylation system from Nocardia species. Eur. J. Biochem. 128 (1982) 125–135. [DOI] [PMID: 7173200] |
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[EC 1.14.99.24 created 1986] |
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