cholesterol monooxygenase (side-chain-cleaving) activity
id: GO:0008386
name: cholesterol monooxygenase (side-chain-cleaving) activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Catalysis of the reaction: cholesterol + reduced adrenal ferredoxin + O2 = pregnenolone + 4-methylpentanal + oxidized adrenal ferredoxin + H2O.
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0008395 | steroid hydroxylase activity |
| GO:0016713 | oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, reduced iron-sulfur protein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen |
