Cholesterol Oxidase
"Cholesterol Oxidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of cholesterol in the presence of molecular oxygen to 4-cholesten-3-one and hydrogen peroxide. The enzyme is not specific for cholesterol, but will also oxidize other 3-hydroxysteroids. EC 1.1.3.6.
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D002789
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.047.436.350.150
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Clark DS, Skerker PS, Randolph TW, Blanch HW, Prausnitz JM. Conformational analyses of enzymes and substrates in processing environments. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1988; 542:16-29.