The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Sterolibacterium denitrificans, participates in the anaerobic degradation of cholesterol. The enzyme can accept several substrates including vitamin D3. The enzyme contains a bis(guanylyl molybdopterin) cofactor, five [Fe-S] clusters, and one heme b. cf. EC 1.14.99.38, cholesterol 25-monooxygenase, an oxygen-requiring eukaryotic enzyme that catalyses a similar transformation.
Rugor A, Tataruch M, Staron J, Dudzik A, Niedzialkowska E, Nowak P, Hogendorf A, Michalik-Zym A, Napruszewska DB, Jarzebski A, Szymanska K, Bialas W, Szaleniec M.
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Regioselective hydroxylation of cholecalciferol, cholesterol and other sterol derivatives by steroid C25 dehydrogenase.
Jacoby C, Eipper J, Warnke M, Tiedt O, Mergelsberg M, Stark HJ, Daus B, Martin-Moldes Z, Zamarro MT, Diaz E, Boll M.
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Four Molybdenum-Dependent Steroid C-25 Hydroxylases: Heterologous Overproduction, Role in Steroid Degradation, and Application for 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Synthesis.