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The cytochrome b5 dependent C-5(6) sterol desaturase DES5A from the endoplasmic reticulum of Tetrahymena thermophila complements ergosterol biosynthesis mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Steroids - 1 Nov 2012
Poklepovich Tomas J, Rinaldi Mauro A, Tomazic Mariela L, Favale Nicolas O, Turkewitz Aaron P, Nudel Clara B, Nusblat Alejandro D
Abstract excerpt
Tetrahymena thermophila is a free-living ciliate with no exogenous sterol requirement. However, it can perform several modifications on externally added sterols including desaturation at C5(6), C7(8), and C22(23). Sterol desaturases in Tetrahymena are microsomal enzymes that require Cyt b(5), Cyt b(5) reductase, oxygen, and reduced NAD(P)H for their activity, and some of the genes encoding these functions have...
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