C-5 sterol desaturase activity

id: GO:0000248
name: C-5 sterol desaturase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: 5,7,24(28)-ergostatrienol + O2 + NADPH = 5,7,22,24(28)-ergostatetraenol + 2 H2O + NADP+.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016717oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water
GO:0070704sterol desaturase activity