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CATH Superfamily 2.102.10.10

Rieske [2Fe-2S] iron-sulphur domain

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_4_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was named:

"
Rieske [2Fe-2S] iron-sulphur domain
".

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FunFam 36: Cholesterol 7-desaturase

There are 1 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Cholesterol 7-desaturase. [EC: 1.14.19.21]
Cholesterol + O(2) + NAD(P)H = cholesta-5,7-dien-3-beta-ol + NAD(P)(+) + 2 H(2)O.
  • The enzyme, characterized from several organisms including the worm Caenorhabditis elegans, the fly Drosophila melanogaster, and the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, is a Rieske oxygenase.
  • In insects it participates in the the biosythesis of ecdysteroid hormones.
  • The electrons are transferred from NAD(P)H via an electron transfer chain likely to include ferredoxin reductase and ferredoxin.
  • The enzyme differs from regular desaturases, such as EC 1.14.19.20, which are cytochrome b5-dependent and contain the three His-boxes that are typical to most desaturases.
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