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Accession
GO:0004506
Name
squalene monooxygenase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
squalene,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (2,3-epoxidizing) activity, squalene 2,3-oxidocyclase activity, squalene epoxidase activity, squalene hydroxylase activity, squalene oxydocyclase activity, squalene-2,3-epoxidase activity, squalene-2,3-epoxide cyclase activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: H+ + NADPH + O2 + squalene = (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene + H2O + NADP+. Source: RHEA:25282
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0004506 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
has participant squalene
has participant (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene
has participant FMN(3-)
has participant hydron
has participant FMNH2(2-)
has participant dioxygen
has participant water
Subset
None
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Parents of squalene monooxygenase activity (GO:0004506)
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squalene monooxygenase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  squalene (CHEBI:15440)
squalene monooxygenase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene (CHEBI:15441)
squalene monooxygenase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  FMN(3-) (CHEBI:58210)
squalene monooxygenase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  hydron (CHEBI:15378)
squalene monooxygenase activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, NAD(P)H as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen (GO:0016709)
squalene monooxygenase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  FMNH2(2-) (CHEBI:57618)
squalene monooxygenase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  dioxygen (CHEBI:15379)
squalene monooxygenase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  water (CHEBI:15377)

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EC
1.14.14.17
KEGG_REACTION
R02874
MetaCyc
SQUALENE-MONOOXYGENASE-RXN
Reactome
R-HSA-191299
RHEA
25282