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EC 1.14.13.132 Details
EC number
1.14.13.132
Accepted name
squalene monooxygenase
Reaction
squalene + NADPH + H+ + O2 = (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene + NADP+ + H2O
Other name(s)
squalene epoxidase, squalene-2,3-epoxide cyclase, squalene 2,3-oxidocyclase, squalene hydroxylase, squalene oxydocyclase, squalene-2,3-epoxidase
Systematic name
squalene,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (2,3-epoxidizing)
CAS registry number
9029-62-3
Comment
A flavoprotein (FAD). This enzyme, together with EC 5.4.99.7 lanosterol synthase, was formerly known as squalene oxidocyclase. The electron donor, NADPH, is coupled via EC 1.6.2.4, NADPH—hemoprotein reductase [5,7].
History
created 1961 as EC 1.99.1.13, transferred 1965 to EC 1.14.1.3, part transferred 1972 to EC 1.14.99.7, transferred 2011 to EC 1.14.13.132, deleted 2015
EC Tree
1.6.2.1 created 1961, deleted 1965
1.6.2.3 created 1972, deleted 1965
1.13.11.7 created 1965 as EC 1.13.1.7, transferred 1972 to EC 1.13.11.7, deleted 1980
1.13.11.21 created 1972, deleted 2001