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Lanosterol is a
tetracyclic triterpenoid and is the
compound from
which all
animal and
fungal steroids are derived. By contrast,
plant steroids are produced...
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cation and
finally to
lanosterol.
Lanosterol is a key four-ringed
intermediate in
cholesterol biosynthesis. In humans,
lanosterol synthase is
encoded by...
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manufactured in
cells from the
sterols lanosterol (opisthokonts) or
cycloartenol (plants).
Lanosterol and
cycloartenol are
derived from the cyclization...
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Lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51A1) is the
animal version of a
cytochrome P450
enzyme that is
involved in the
conversion of
lanosterol to 4,4-dimethylcholesta-8(9)...
- the
conversion of
squalene to
lanosterol. In fungi,
lanosterol is then
converted to ergosterol; in humans,
lanosterol becomes cholesterol. However, as...
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intermediate in the
synthesis of the cell
membrane sterol precursors lanosterol and cycloartenol, as well as saponins. It is
formed when
squalene is oxidized...
- (vitamin E), dolichols, and squalene. Heme A has an
isoprenoid tail, and
lanosterol, the
sterol precursor in animals, is
derived from
squalene and
hence from...
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Similarly to
other azole fungicides,
prochloraz is an
inhibitor of the
enzyme lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51A1),
which is
necessary for the
production of ergosterol...
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cucurbitane core,
although in
practice they are
biosynthesised from
either lanosterol (animals and fungi) or
cycloartenol (plants) via the
cyclization of squalene...
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synthesis of
ergosterol from
lanosterol by
interfering with 14α-demethylase.
Ergosterol is a
smaller molecule than
lanosterol; it is
synthesized by combining...
