Term Information

Accession
GO:0050046
Name
delta7-sterol 5(6)-desaturase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
lathosterol oxidase activity, 5-DES, delta7-sterol 5-desaturase activity, delta7-sterol delta5-dehydrogenase activity, delta7-sterol-C5(6)-desaturase activity, lathosterol 5-desaturase activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: a delta(7)-sterol + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ -> a delta(5,7)-sterol + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O. Source: RHEA:46556
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0050046 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of delta7-sterol 5(6)-desaturase activity (GO:0050046)
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delta7-sterol 5(6)-desaturase activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water (GO:0016717)
delta7-sterol 5(6)-desaturase activity [is_a relation] is_a  sterol desaturase activity (GO:0070704)

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EC
1.14.19.20
MetaCyc
1.14.21.6-RXN
RHEA
46556