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Structural and kinetic analyses of the H121A mutant of cholesterol oxidase.
The Biochemical journal - 15 Nov 2006
Lim Louis, Molla Gianluca, Guinn Nicole, Ghisla Sandro, Pollegioni Loredano, Vrielink Alice
Abstract excerpt
Cholesterol oxidase is a monomeric flavoenzyme that catalyses the oxidation of cholesterol to cholest-5-en-3-one followed by isomerization to cholest-4-en-3-one. The enzyme from Brevibacterium sterolicum contains the FAD cofactor covalently bound to His121. It was previously demonstrated that the...
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