Squalene Monooxygenase
"Squalene Monooxygenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The second enzyme in the committed pathway for CHOLESTEROL biosynthesis, this enzyme catalyzes the first oxygenation step in the biosynthesis of STEROLS and is thought to be a rate limiting enzyme in this pathway. Specifically, this enzyme catalyzes the conversion of SQUALENE to (S)-squalene-2,3-epoxide.
| Descriptor ID |
D050603
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.690.708.749
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| Concept/Terms |
Squalene Monooxygenase- Squalene Monooxygenase
- Monooxygenase, Squalene
- Squalene Monooxygenase (2,3-Epoxidizing)
- Squalene Epoxidase
- Epoxidase, Squalene
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