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EC 1.17.8.1 Details
EC number
1.17.8.1
Accepted name
hydroxysqualene dehydroxylase
Reaction
squalene + FAD + H2O = hydroxysqualene + FADH2
Other name(s)
hpnE (gene name)
Systematic name
squalene:FAD oxidoreductase (hydroxylating)
Comment
This enzyme, isolated from the bacteria Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Zymomonas mobilis, participates, along with EC 2.5.1.103, presqualene diphosphate synthase, and EC 4.2.3.156, hydroxysqualene synthase, in the conversion of all-trans-farnesyl diphosphate to squalene. Eukaryotes achieve the same goal in a single step, catalysed by EC 2.5.1.21, squalene synthase.
History
created 2016
EC Tree
3.1.1.9 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.12 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.16 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.18 created 1961, deleted 1982
3.1.1.62 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.1.1.69 created 1992, deleted 2002