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In enzymology, a cycloartenol synthase (EC 5.4.99.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

(S)-2,3-epoxysqualene

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cycloartenol

This enzyme is an oxidosqualene cyclase and belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those intramolecular transferases transferring other groups. This enzyme participates in biosynthesis of steroids.

Nomenclature

The systematic name of this enzyme class is:

Other names in common use include:

Rees HH, Goad LJ, Goodwin TW (1969). "2,3-oxidosqualene cycloartenol cyclase from Ochromonas malhamensis". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 176 (4): 892–4. doi:10.1016/0005-2760(69)90274-4. PMID 5797101.

Isomerase: mutases (EC 5.4)
5.4.1 Acyl Groups	Lysolecithin acylmutase Precorrin-8X methylmutase
5.4.2 Phosphomutases	Phosphoglycerate mutase Bisphosphoglycerate mutase Phosphoglucomutase Phosphomannomutase PMM1 PMM2 Phosphoenolpyruvate mutase
5.4.99 Other groups	Cycloartenol synthase Lanosterol synthase Lupeol synthase Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase

Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Diffusion-limited enzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list) EC7 Translocases (list)