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. 2014 May;55(5):929–938. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M048017

TABLE 1.

Sterol biosynthetic enzymes

# EC KEGG Enzyme Name
1 2.3.1.9 K00626 Acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase
2 2.3.3.10 K01641 Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase
3 1.1.1.34 K00021 Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase (NADPH)
4 1.1.1.88 K00054 Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase
5 2.7.1.36 K00869 Mevalonate (MEV) kinase
6 2.7.4.2 K00938 Phospho-MEV kinase
7 4.1.1.33 K01597 Diphospho-MEV decarboxylase
8 2.2.1.7 K01662 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase
9 1.1.1.267 K00099 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase
10 2.7.7.60 K00991 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
11 2.7.1.148 K00919 4-Diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-d-erythritol kinase
12 4.6.1.12 K01770 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase
13 1.17.7.1 K03526 (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl-diphosphate synthase
14 1.17.1.2 K03527 4-Hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase
15 5.3.3.2 K01823 Isopentenyl-diphosphate delta-isomerase
16 4.2.3.27 K12742 Isoprene synthase
17 2.5.1.1 K00787 Geranyl diphosphate synthase
18 2.5.1.68 K12503 Short-chain Z-isoprenyl diphosphate synthase
19 2.5.1.86 K14215 Trans,polycis-decaprenyl diphosphate synthase
20 2.5.1.10 K00787 Farnesyl diphosphate synthase
21 2.5.1.21 K00801 Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase
22 1.14.13.132 K00511 Squalene monooxygenase
23 5.4.99.7 K01852 Lanosterol synthase
24 1.14.13.70 K05917 Cytochrome P450, family 51 (CYP51; sterol 14-demethylase)
25 1.3.1.70 K00222 Delta14-sterol reductase
26 1.14.13.72 K07750 Methylsterol monooxygenase
27 1.1.1.170 K07748 Sterol-4α-carboxylate 3-dehydrogenase (decarboxylating)
28 1.1.1.270 K09827 3-Keto steroid reductase
29 5.3.3.5 K01824 Cholestenol delta-isomerase
30 1.3.1.72 K09828 Delta24-sterol reductase
31 1.14.21.6 K00227 Lathosterol oxidase
32 1.3.1.21 K00213 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase
33 3.1.1.13 K01052 Lysosomal acid lipase/cholesteryl ester hydrolase
34 2.3.1.26 K00637 Sterol O-acyltransferase
35 1.14.13.13 K07438 Calcidiol 1-monooxygenase
36 1.14.13.126 K07436 Vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase
37 2.1.1.41 K00559 Sterol 24-C-methyltransferase
38 5.-.-.- K09829 C-8 sterol isomerase
39 1.3.1.71 K00223 Delta24[24 (1)]-sterol reductase
40 5.4.99.8 K01853 Cycloartenol synthase
41 2.1.1.143 K08242 24-Methylenesterol C-methyltransferase
42 n.a. K09832 Cytochrome P450, family 710, subfamily A

EC, Enzyme Commission number; KEGG, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes identifier.