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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP00153
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 5385
  • HMDBP03765
Name Squalene monooxygenase
Synonyms
  1. SE
  2. Squalene epoxidase
Gene Name SQLE
Protein Type Unknown
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in oxidoreductase activity
Specific Function Catalyzes the first oxygenation step in sterol biosynthesis and is suggested to be one of the rate-limiting enzymes in this pathway.
Pathways
  • Alendronate Action Pathway
  • Atorvastatin Action Pathway
  • Cerivastatin Action Pathway
  • CHILD Syndrome
  • Cholesteryl ester storage disease
  • Chondrodysplasia Punctata II, X Linked Dominant (CDPX2)
  • Desmosterolosis
  • Fluvastatin Action Pathway
  • Hyper-IgD syndrome
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Ibandronate Action Pathway
  • lanosterol biosynthesis
  • Lovastatin Action Pathway
  • Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency (Wolman Disease)
  • Mevalonic aciduria
  • Pamidronate Action Pathway
  • Pravastatin Action Pathway
  • Risedronate Action Pathway
  • Rosuvastatin Action Pathway
  • Simvastatin Action Pathway
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (SLOS)
  • Steroid Biosynthesis
  • Wolman disease
  • Zoledronate Action Pathway
Reactions
Squalene + NADPH + Oxygen → (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene + NADP + Water details
Squalene + Reduced acceptor + Oxygen → (S)-2,3-Epoxysqualene + Acceptor + Water details
Squalene + Oxygen + NADPH + Hydrogen Ion → (S)-2,3-Epoxysqualene + NADP + Water details
GO Classification
Biological Process
cholesterol biosynthetic process
response to organic substance
cellular aromatic compound metabolic process
Cellular Component
endoplasmic reticulum membrane
integral to membrane
Component
cell part
membrane part
intrinsic to membrane
integral to membrane
Function
binding
catalytic activity
nucleoside binding
purine nucleoside binding
adenyl nucleotide binding
monooxygenase activity
squalene monooxygenase activity
oxidoreductase activity
fad or fadh2 binding
Molecular Function
squalene monooxygenase activity
flavin adenine dinucleotide binding
Process
metabolic process
oxidation reduction
Cellular Location
  1. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  2. Multi-pass membrane protein
  3. Multi-pass membrane protein
  4. Microsome membrane
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 8
Locus 8q24.1
SNPs SQLE
Gene Sequence
>1725 bp
ATGTGGACTTTTCTGGGCATTGCCACTTTCACCTATTTTTATAAGAAGTTCGGGGACTTC
ATCACTTTGGCCAACAGGGAGGTCCTGTTGTGCGTGCTGGTGTTCCTCTCGCTGGGCCTG
GTGCTCTCCTACCGCTGTCGCCACCGAAACGGGGGTCTCCTCGGGCGCCAGCAGAGCGGC
TCCCAGTTCGCCCTCTTCTCGGATATTCTCTCAGGCCTGCCTTTCATTGGCTTCTTCTGG
GCCAAATCCCCCCCTGAATCAGAAAATAAGGAGCAGCTCGAGGCCAGGAGGCGCAGAAAA
GGAACCAATATTTCAGAAACAAGCTTAATAGGAACAGCTGCCTGTACATCAACATCTTCT
CAGAATGACCCAGAAGTTATCATCGTGGGAGCTGGCGTGCTTGGCTCTGCTTTGGCAGCT
GTGCTTTCCAGAGATGGAAGAAAGGTGACAGTCATTGAGAGAGACTTAAAAGAGCCTGAC
AGAATAGTTGGAGAATTCCTGCAGCCGGGTGGTTATCATGTTCTCAAAGACCTTGGTCTT
GGAGATACAGTGGAAGGTCTTGATGCCCAGGTTGTAAATGGTTACATGATTCATGATCAG
GAAAGCAAATCAGAGGTTCAGATTCCTTACCCTCTGTCAGAAAACAATCAAGTGCAGAGT
GGAAGAGCTTTCCATCACGGAAGATTCATCATGAGTCTCCGGAAAGCAGCTATGGCAGAG
CCCAATGCAAAGTTTATTGAAGGTGTTGTGTTACAGTTATTAGAGGAAGATGATGTTGTG
ATGGGAGTTCAGTACAAGGATAAAGAGACTGGAGATATCAAGGAACTCCATGCTCCACTG
ACTGTTGTTGCAGATGGGCTTTTCTCCAAGTTCAGGAAAAGCCTGGTCTCCAATAAAGTT
TCTGTATCATCTCATTTTGTTGGCTTTCTTATGAAGAATGCACCACAGTTTAAAGCAAAT
CATGCTGAACTTATTTTAGCTAACCCGAGTCCAGTTCTCATCTACCAGATTTCATCCAGT
GAAACTCGAGTACTTGTTGACATTAGAGGAGAAATGCCAAGGAATTTAAGAGAATACATG
GTTGAAAAAATTTACCCACAAATACCTGATCACCTGAAAGAACCATTCTTAGAAGCCACT
GACAATTCTCATCTGAGGTCCATGCCAGCAAGCTTCCTTCCTCCTTCATCAGTGAAGAAA
CGAGGTGTTCTTCTTTTGGGAGACGCATATAATATGAGGCATCCACTTACTGGTGGAGGA
ATGACTGTTGCTTTTAAAGATATAAAACTATGGAGAAAACTGCTAAAGGGTATCCCTGAC
CTTTATGATGATGCAGCTATTTTCGAGGCCAAAAAATCATTTTACTGGGCAAGAAAAACA
TCTCATTCCTTTGTCGTGAATATCCTTGCTCAGGCTCTTTATGAATTATTTTCTGCCACA
GATGATTCCCTGCATCAACTAAGAAAAGCCTGTTTTCTTTATTTCAAACTTGGTGGCGAA
TGTGTTGCGGGTCCTGTTGGGCTGCTTTCTGTATTGTCTCCTAACCCTCTAGTTTTAATT
GGACACTTCTTTGCTGTTGCAATCTATGCCGTGTATTTTTGCTTTAAGTCAGAACCTTGG
ATTACAAAACCTCGAGCCCTTCTCAGTAGTGGTGCTGTATTGTACAAAGCGTGTTCTGTA
ATATTTCCTCTAATTTACTCAGAAATGAAGTATATGGTTCATTAA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 574
Molecular Weight 63922.505
Theoretical pI 8.628
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Squalene monooxygenase
MWTFLGIATFTYFYKKFGDFITLANREVLLCVLVFLSLGLVLSYRCRHRNGGLLGRQQSG
SQFALFSDILSGLPFIGFFWAKSPPESENKEQLEARRRRKGTNISETSLIGTAACTSTSS
QNDPEVIIVGAGVLGSALAAVLSRDGRKVTVIERDLKEPDRIVGEFLQPGGYHVLKDLGL
GDTVEGLDAQVVNGYMIHDQESKSEVQIPYPLSENNQVQSGRAFHHGRFIMSLRKAAMAE
PNAKFIEGVVLQLLEEDDVVMGVQYKDKETGDIKELHAPLTVVADGLFSKFRKSLVSNKV
SVSSHFVGFLMKNAPQFKANHAELILANPSPVLIYQISSSETRVLVDIRGEMPRNLREYM
VEKIYPQIPDHLKEPFLEATDNSHLRSMPASFLPPSSVKKRGVLLLGDAYNMRHPLTGGG
MTVAFKDIKLWRKLLKGIPDLYDDAAIFEAKKSFYWARKTSHSFVVNILAQALYELFSAT
DDSLHQLRKACFLYFKLGGECVAGPVGLLSVLSPNPLVLIGHFFAVAIYAVYFCFKSEPW
ITKPRALLSSGAVLYKACSVIFPLIYSEMKYMVH
GenBank ID Protein 62865635
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q14534
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name ERG1_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID NM_003129.3
GeneCard ID SQLE
GenAtlas ID SQLE
HGNC ID HGNC:11279
References
General References
  1. Bechtel S, Rosenfelder H, Duda A, Schmidt CP, Ernst U, Wellenreuther R, Mehrle A, Schuster C, Bahr A, Blocker H, Heubner D, Hoerlein A, Michel G, Wedler H, Kohrer K, Ottenwalder B, Poustka A, Wiemann S, Schupp I: The full-ORF clone resource of the German cDNA Consortium. BMC Genomics. 2007 Oct 31;8:399. [PubMed:17974005 ]
  2. Nagai M, Sakakibara J, Wakui K, Fukushima Y, Igarashi S, Tsuji S, Arakawa M, Ono T: Localization of the squalene epoxidase gene (SQLE) to human chromosome region 8q24.1. Genomics. 1997 Aug 15;44(1):141-3. [PubMed:9286711 ]
  3. Nusbaum C, Mikkelsen TS, Zody MC, Asakawa S, Taudien S, Garber M, Kodira CD, Schueler MG, Shimizu A, Whittaker CA, Chang JL, Cuomo CA, Dewar K, FitzGerald MG, Yang X, Allen NR, Anderson S, Asakawa T, Blechschmidt K, Bloom T, Borowsky ML, Butler J, Cook A, Corum B, DeArellano K, DeCaprio D, Dooley KT, Dorris L 3rd, Engels R, Glockner G, Hafez N, Hagopian DS, Hall JL, Ishikawa SK, Jaffe DB, Kamat A, Kudoh J, Lehmann R, Lokitsang T, Macdonald P, Major JE, Matthews CD, Mauceli E, Menzel U, Mihalev AH, Minoshima S, Murayama Y, Naylor JW, Nicol R, Nguyen C, O'Leary SB, O'Neill K, Parker SC, Polley A, Raymond CK, Reichwald K, Rodriguez J, Sasaki T, Schilhabel M, Siddiqui R, Smith CL, Sneddon TP, Talamas JA, Tenzin P, Topham K, Venkataraman V, Wen G, Yamazaki S, Young SK, Zeng Q, Zimmer AR, Rosenthal A, Birren BW, Platzer M, Shimizu N, Lander ES: DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 8. Nature. 2006 Jan 19;439(7074):331-5. [PubMed:16421571 ]
  4. Nakamura Y, Sakakibara J, Izumi T, Shibata A, Ono T: Transcriptional regulation of squalene epoxidase by sterols and inhibitors in HeLa cells. J Biol Chem. 1996 Apr 5;271(14):8053-6. [PubMed:8626488 ]