ID ERG6_CANAL Reviewed; 376 AA. AC O74198; Q5AJG1; DT 15-JUL-1999, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-NOV-1998, sequence version 1. DT 26-MAY-2009, entry version 45. DE RecName: Full=Sterol 24-C-methyltransferase; DE EC=2.1.1.41; DE AltName: Full=Delta(24)-sterol C-methyltransferase; GN Name=ERG6; ORFNames=CaO19.1631, CaO19.9199; OS Candida albicans (Yeast). OC Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Saccharomycotina; OC Saccharomycetes; Saccharomycetales; mitosporic Saccharomycetales; OC Candida. OX NCBI_TaxID=5476; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA]. RX MEDLINE=98253976; PubMed=9593144; RA Jensen-Pergakes K.L., Kennedy M.A., Lees N.D., Barbuch R., Koegel C., RA Bard M.; RT "Sequencing, disruption, and characterization of the Candida albicans RT sterol methyltransferase (ERG6) gene: drug susceptibility studies in RT erg6 mutants."; RL Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 42:1160-1167(1998). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=SC5314; RX PubMed=15123810; DOI=10.1073/pnas.0401648101; RA Jones T., Federspiel N.A., Chibana H., Dungan J., Kalman S., RA Magee B.B., Newport G., Thorstenson Y.R., Agabian N., Magee P.T., RA Davis R.W., Scherer S.; RT "The diploid genome sequence of Candida albicans."; RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101:7329-7334(2004). CC -!- FUNCTION: Catalyzes the methyl transfer from S-adenosyl-methionine CC to the C-24 of zymosterol to form fecosterol. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 5-alpha-cholesta- CC 8,24-dien-3-beta-ol = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 24-methylene-5- CC alpha-cholest-8-en-3-beta-ol. CC -!- PATHWAY: Steroid metabolism; ergosterol biosynthesis; ergosterol CC from zymosterol: step 1/5. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the methyltransferase superfamily. ERG6 CC family. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AF031941; AAC26626.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; AACQ01000014; EAL02792.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; AACQ01000013; EAL02920.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR RefSeq; XP_721588.1; -. DR RefSeq; XP_721708.1; -. DR GeneID; 3636655; -. DR GeneID; 3636783; -. DR CGD; CAL0006397; ERG6. DR OMA; O74198; FVKGDFM. DR BRENDA; 2.1.1.41; 1124. DR GO; GO:0003838; F:sterol 24-C-methyltransferase activity; IEA:EC. DR GO; GO:0016126; P:sterol biosynthetic process; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR InterPro; IPR013216; Methyltransf_11. DR InterPro; IPR013705; Sterol_MeTrfase_C. DR Pfam; PF08241; Methyltransf_11; 1. DR Pfam; PF08498; Sterol_MT_C; 1. PE 3: Inferred from homology; KW Lipid synthesis; Methyltransferase; S-adenosyl-L-methionine; KW Steroid biosynthesis; Sterol biosynthesis; Transferase. FT CHAIN 1 376 Sterol 24-C-methyltransferase. FT /FTId=PRO_0000124789. SQ SEQUENCE 376 AA; 43086 MW; 369D094AFCDED0A0 CRC64; MSPVQLAEKN YERDEQFTKA LHGESYKKTG LSALIAKSKD AASVAAEGYF KHWDGGISKD DEEKRLNDYS QLTHHYYNLV TDFYEYGWGS SFHFSRYYKG EAFRQATARH EHFLAHKMNL NENMKVLDVG CGVGGPGREI TRFTDCEIVG LNNNDYQIER ANHYAKKYHL DHKLSYVKGD FMQMDFEPES FDAVYAIEAT VHAPVLEGVY SEIYKVLKPG GIFGVYEWVM TDKYDETNEE HRKIAYGIEV GDGIPKMYSR KVAEQALKNV GFEIEYQKDL ADVDDEIPWY YPLSGDLKFC QTFGDYLTVF RTSRIGRFIT TESVGLMEKI GLAPKGSKQV THALEDAAVN LVEGGRQKLF TPMMLYVVRK PLEKKD //