Structure and steroid isomerase activity of Drosophila glutathione transferase E14 essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis
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DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13718
Abstract: Ecdysteroids are critically important for the formation of the insect exoskeleton. Cholesterol is a precursor of ecdysone and its active form 20‐hydroxyecdysone, but some steps in the ecdysteroid biosynthesis pathway remain unknown. An essential requirement… read more here.
Keywords: isomerase activity; biosynthesis; transferase; ecdysteroid biosynthesis ... See more keywords
Marmoset glutathione transferases with ketosteroid isomerase activity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.101078
Abstract: The common marmoset Callithrix jacchus encodes two glutathione transferase (GST) enzymes with ketosteroid double-bond isomerase activity. The most active enzyme is CjaGST A3-3 showing a specific activity with 5-androsten-3,17-dione (Δ5-AD) of 62.1 ± 1.8 μmol… read more here.
Keywords: isomerase activity; cjagst; ketosteroid isomerase; activity ... See more keywords