KEGG Orthology (KO) [BR:ko00001]
09100 Metabolism
09103 Lipid metabolism
00100 Steroid biosynthesis
K14424 SMO2; plant 4alpha-monomethylsterol monooxygenase
Enzymes [BR:ko01000]
1. Oxidoreductases
1.14 Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen
1.14.18 With another compound as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
1.14.18.11 plant 4alpha-monomethylsterol monooxygenase
K14424 SMO2; plant 4alpha-monomethylsterol monooxygenase
Functional identification of sterol-4alpha-methyl oxidase cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana by complementation of a yeast erg25 mutant lacking sterol-4alpha-methyl oxidation.
Oxidoreductases;
Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen;
With another compound as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
This plant enzyme catalyses a step in the biosynthesis of sterols. It acts on the methyl group of the 4alpha-methylated intermediates 24-ethylidenelophenol and 24-methylidenelophenol and catalyses three successive oxidations, turning it into a carboxyl group. The carboxylate is subsequently removed by EC 1.1.1.418, plant 3beta-hydroxysteroid-4alpha-carboxylate 3-dehydrogenase (decarboxylating). Unlike the fungal/animal enzyme EC 1.14.18.9, 4alpha-methylsterol monooxygenase, this enzyme is not able to act on 4,4-dimethylated substrates. That activity, which occurs earlier in the pathway, is performed in plants by a second enzyme, EC 1.14.18.10, plant 4,4-dimethylsterol C-4alpha-methyl-monooxygenase.
Plant sterol biosynthesis. Identification and characterization of two distinct microsomal oxidative enzymatic systems involved in sterol C4-demethylation.
Functional identification of sterol-4alpha-methyl oxidase cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana by complementation of a yeast erg25 mutant lacking sterol-4alpha-methyl oxidation.
Enzymatic reactions [BR:br08201]
1. Oxidoreductase reactions
1.14 Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen
1.14.18 With another compound as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
1.14.18.11
R12379 24-Ethylidenelophenol + 6 Ferrocytochrome b5 + 3 Oxygen + 6 H+ <=> 4alpha-Carboxy-stigmasta-7,24(24(1))-dien-3beta-ol + 6 Ferricytochrome b5 + 4 H2O