ENTRY       EC 1.14.99.5
NAME        Stearoyl-CoA desaturase
            Acyl-CoA desaturase
            Fatty acid desaturase
            delta9-Desaturase
CLASS       Oxidoreductases
            Acting on paired donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen
            Miscellaneous
SYSNAME     Steroyl-CoA,hydrogen-donor:oxygen oxidoreductase
REACTION    Stearoyl-CoA + AH2 + O2 = Oleoyl-CoA + A + 2 H2O
SUBSTRATE   Stearoyl-CoA
            AH2
            O2
PRODUCT     Oleoyl-CoA
            A
            H2O
COFACTOR    Iron
COMMENT     Nonheme diiron enzyme. The rat liver enzyme is an enzyme system
            involving cytochrome b5 and EC 1.6.2.2.
MOTIF       PS: PS00476  G-E-x-[FY]-H-N-[FY]-H-H-x-F-P-x-D-Y
GENES       SYN: sll0541(des9)
            SCE: YGL055W(OLE1)
            HSA: SCD
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 1.14.99.5
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 1.14.99.5
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