ERG11

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Sterol 14-demethylase
Identifiers
OrganismSaccharomyces cerevisiae
SymbolERG11
Alt. symbolsCYP51F1
UniProt
P10614
Other data
EC number1.14.14.154
ChromosomeVIII: 0.12 - 0.12 Mb
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ERG11 or Sterol 14-demethylase is a

fungal cytochrome P450 enzyme originally from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, belongs to family CYP51, with the CYP Symbol CYP51F1.[1] ERG11 catalyzes the C14-demethylation of lanosterol to 4,4'-dimethyl cholesta-8,14,24-triene-3-beta-ol which is the first step of biosynthesis of the zymosterol, zymosterol will be further converted into Ergosterol.[2]

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