The stereochemistry of hydrogen transfer from reduced nicotinamide–adenine dinucleotide phosphate in the reduction of ethylenic linkages during cholesterol biosynthesis
- 1 October 1970
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 119 (4) , 673-675
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1190673
Abstract
It is shown that during the saturation of steroid carbon–carbon double bonds at Δ24,25 and Δ14,15 the `hydride ion' originates from the 4B side of the NADPH.Keywords
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