Oxidoreductases;
Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen;
With reduced flavin or flavoprotein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
A cytochrome P-450 (heme-thiolate) enzyme. The enzyme, isolated from fungi, can hydroxylate testosterone, androst-4-ene-3,17-dione, and 11-deoxycorticosterone, forming the respective 11alpha-hydroxy compounds (cf. EC 1.14.15.4, steroid 11beta-monooxygenase). The CYP509C12 enzyme from Rhizopus arrhizus can also 6-hydroxylate testosterone and 11-deoxycorticosterone, forming the respective beta-hydroxy compounds [2].
History
EC 1.14.14.197 created 1972 as EC 1.14.99.14, transferred 2025 to EC 1.14.14.197
Ortega-de Los Rios L, Getino L, Galan B, Garcia JL, Luengo JM, Chamizo-Ampudia A, Fernandez-Canon JM.
Title
Unlocking Testosterone Production by Biotransformation: Engineering a Fungal Model of Aspergillus nidulans Strain Deficient in Steroid 11alpha-Hydroxylase Activity and Expressing 17beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Enzyme as Proof of Concept.