Sterol peroxidation by Pseudomonas fluorescens cholesterol oxidase.
Cholesterol is oxidized by commercially available Pseudomonas fluorescens cholesterol oxidase to 6 beta-hydroperoxycholest-4-en-3-one as the initial product, with none of the expected produce, cholest-4-en-3-one, formed. The transformation indicates that P. fluorescens cholesterol oxidase also acts as a flavoprotein dioxygenase.
Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
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D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002789:Cholesterol Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000201:enzymology*
D002784:Cholesterol; D002789:Cholesterol Oxidase