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CATH Superfamily 3.10.120.10

Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_3_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was named:

"
Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain
".

Functional Families

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FunFam 52: Sphingolipid 10-desaturase

There are 1 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Sphingolipid 10-desaturase. [EC: 1.14.19.19]
A (4E,8E)-sphinga-4,8-dienine ceramide + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O(2) + 2 H(+) = a (4E,8E,10E)-sphinga-4,8,10-trienine ceramide + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H(2)O.
  • The enzyme, characterized from the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, produces an all-trans product.
  • Similar triunsaturated sphingoid bases are found in some marine invertebrates.
  • The enzyme determines the position of the double bond by its distance from the alcohol end of the sphingoid base, and contains a cytochrome b5 domain that acts as the direct electron donor to the active site of the desaturase.
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