Oxidoreductases;
Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen;
With reduced iron-sulfur protein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
This cytochrome P-450 (heme-thiolate) monooxygenase catalyses the second of three sequential hydroxylation reactions that occur during the biosynthesis of 20-hydroxyecdysone, the major molting hormone of arthropods. The enzyme also acts on 3-dehydro-2,22,25-deoxyecdysone and 2,22-dideoxyecdysone.
Identification, characterization and developmental expression of Halloween genes encoding P450 enzymes mediating ecdysone biosynthesis in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.