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  • Chau, A.; Gurnani, M.; Hawkinson, R.; Laverdiere, M.; Cacciapuoti, A.; McNicholas, P.
    Inactivation of sterol DELTA5,6-desaturase attenuates virulence in Candida albicans (2005), Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 49, 3646-3651.
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Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
1.14.19.20 Candida albicans O93875 isolates C43, C655, C673, and C410
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
1.14.19.20 14-methylfecosterol + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
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Candida albicans 14-methylergosta-5,8,24(28)-trien-3beta-ol + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
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1.14.19.20 ergosta-7,22-dien-3beta-ol + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
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Candida albicans ergosterol + ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O
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Synonyms

EC Number Synonyms Comment Organism
1.14.19.20 Erg3p
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Candida albicans
1.14.19.20 sterol DELTA5,6-desaturase
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Candida albicans

Cofactor

EC Number Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
1.14.19.20 cytochrome b5
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Candida albicans

General Information

EC Number General Information Comment Organism
1.14.19.20 malfunction inactivation of sterol DELTA5,6-desaturase attenuates virulence in Candida albicans Candida albicans
1.14.19.20 metabolism the enzyme is involved in ergosterol synthesis Candida albicans