Cholesterol oxidase, Microorganism

• CAT Number: I041892
• CAS Number: 9028-76-6
• Purity: ≥95%

Cholesterol oxidase, Microorganism (ChOx) is a bacterial flavin oxidase containing FAD, commonly used in biochemical research. Cholesterol oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of the C(3)-OH group of cholesterol (and other sterols) to cholest-5-en-3-one and isomerizes it to cholest-4-en-3-one[1].

Reference

[1]. Loredano Pollegioni,et al. Cholesterol oxidase: biotechnological applications. FEBS J. 2009 Dec;276(23):6857-70. 
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