6ß-Hydroxylithocholic acid
Last modified: Tue Jul 6 11:21:38 BST 2004
Steroid carbon nomenclature
Trivial name: 6ß-Hydroxylithocholic acid
Systematic name:
3
,6ß-Dihydroxy-5ß-cholan-24-oic acid
Molecular formula: C24H40O4
Product [1]
Pathway:
Lithocholic acid
6ß-Hydroxylithocholic acid
Reaction: steroid ß-hydroxylation at C6
Enzyme: lithocholic acid 6ß-hydroxylase (steroid 6ß-hydroxylase),
CYP3A10
EC 1.14.14.1
Reference
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Chang, T.K., Teixeira, J., Gil, G. and Waxman, D.J. (1993)
The lithocholic acid 6ß-hydroxylase cytochrome P-450, CYP 3A10,
is an active catalyst of steroid-hormone 6ß-hydroxylation.
Biochem. J. 291, 429-433.
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