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Cycloartenol is an
important triterpenoid often found in plants. It
belongs to the
sterol class of steroids. It is the
starting point for the synthesis...
- from a sterol:
cholesterol (animals),
lanosterol (opisthokonts), or
cycloartenol (plants). All
three of
these molecules are
produced via
cyclization of...
- In enzymology, a
cycloartenol synthase (EC 5.4.99.8) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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Steroids Phytosterols Campesterol Citrostadienol Cycloartenol Sitostanol Sitosterol Stigmasterol Tocopherols Cholesterol Testosterone Cholecalciferol Ecdysones...
- sterol-producing OSC enzymes:
Cycloartenol synthase (CAS),
found in all plants,
which produces primarily cycloartenol Lanosterol synthase (LAS), found...
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fungal steroids are derived. By contrast,
plant steroids are
produced via
cycloartenol. In the eyes of vertebrates,
lanosterol is a
natural constituent, having...
- they are
biosynthesised from
either lanosterol (animals and fungi) or
cycloartenol (plants) via the
cyclization of squalene.
Steroids have two prin****l...
- to the organism, but is
generally found to come from
cycloartenol. The
biosynthesis of
cycloartenol begins as one
molecule of
isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP)...
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higher terpenes.
Triterpenoids commonly purified from
hardwoods include cycloartenol,
betulin and squalene.
Hardwood polyterpenes are rubber,
gutta percha...
- 4,4,14-trimethyl-9,19-cyclo-5alpha,9beta-cholestane. Its
derivative cycloartenol is the
starting point for the
synthesis of
almost all
plant steroids...
