Protein
Sterol 14-alpha demethylase
Organism
Trypanosoma cruzi (strain CL Brener)
Function
Catalyzes C14-demethylation of lanosterol which is critical for ergosterol biosynthesis. It transforms lanosterol into 4,4'-dimethyl cholesta-8,14,24-triene-3-beta-ol (By similarity). Favors C4 dimethylated substrates, the substrate preference order is 24-methylenedihydrolanosterol > 24,25-dihydrolanosterol > lanosterol > obtusifoliol > norlanosterol.
Similarity
Belongs to the cytochrome P450 family.
Sequence
MFIEAIVLALTALILYSVYSVKSFNTTRPTDPPVYPVTVPFLGHIVQFGKNPLEFMQRCKRDLKSGVFTISIGGQRVTIVGDPHEHSRFFSPRNEILSPREVYTIMTPVFGEGVAYAAPYPRMREQLNFLAEELTIAKFQNFVPAIQHEVRKFMAENWKEDEGVINLLEDCGAMIINTACQCLFGEDLRKRLNARHFAQLLSKMESSLIPAAVFMPWLLRLPLPQSARCREARAELQKILGEIIVAREKEEASKDNNTSDLLGGLLKAVYRDGTRMSLHEVCGMIVAAMFAGQHTSTITTSWSMLHLMHPKNKKWLDKLHKEIDEFPAQLNYDNVMDEMPFAERCVRESIRRDPPLLMVMRMVKAEVKVGSYVVPKGDIIACSPLLSHHDEEAFPNPRLWDPERDEKVDGAFIGFGAGVHKCIGQKFALLQVKTILATAFREYDFQLLRDEVPDPDYHTMVVGPTLNQCLVKYTRKKKLPS