Protein
Cholesterol oxidase
Organism
Brevibacterium sterolicum
Function
Catalyzes the oxidation and isomerization of cholesterol to cholestenone (4-cholesten-3-one), which is an initial step in the cholesterol degradation process.
Similarity
Belongs to the GMC oxidoreductase family.
Sequence
MTDSRANRADATRGVASVSRRRFLAGAGLTAGAIALSSMSTSASAAPSRTLADGDRVPALVIGSGYGGAVAALRLTQAGIPTQIVEMGRSWDTPGSDGKIFCGMLNPDKRSMWLADKTDQPVSNFMGFGINKSIDRYVGVLDSERFSGIKVYQGRGVGGGSLVNGGMAVTPKRNYFEEILPSVDSNEMYNKYFPRANTGLGVNNIDQAWFESTEWYKFARTGRKTAQRSGFTTAFVPNVYDFEYMKKEAAGQVTKSGLGGEVIYGNNAGKKSLDKTYLAQAAATGKLTITTLHRVTKVAPATGSGYSVTMEQIDEQGNVVATKVVTADRVFFAAGSVGTSKLLVSMKAQGHLPNLSSQVGEGWGNNGNIMVGRANHMWDATGSKQATIPTMGIDNWADPTAPIFAEIAPLPAGLETYVSLYLAITKNPERARFQFNSGTGKVDLTWAQSQNQKGIDMAKKVFDKINQKEGTIYRTDLFGVYFKTWGDDFTYHPLGGVLLNKATDNFGRLPEYPGLYVVDGSLVPGNVGVNPFVTITRLAERNMDKIISSDIQ