Artigo Revisado por pares

Oxidosqualene Cyclase Residues that Promote Formation of Cycloartenol, Lanosterol, and Parkeol

2000; Wiley; Volume: 39; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/1521-3773(20001117)39

ISSN

1521-3773

Autores

Michelle M. Meyer, Michael J. R. Segura, William K. Wilson, Seiichi P. T. Matsuda,

Tópico(s)

Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

Resumo

A sterol biosynthetic intermediate from sea cucumbers is parkeol (1). By mutation of residues at two positions, the enzyme lanosterol synthase was changed enough to make parkeol as its major product, along with lanosterol (2) and lanost-24-ene-3β,9α-diol (3) as by-products.

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