NCBI Accession #
NP_175460.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_103926.5
NCBI Official Full Name
Ergosterol biosynthesis ERG4/ERG24 family
NCBI Official Symbol
DWF5
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
7-STEROL DELTA7 REDUCTASE; 7RED; DELTA5; DWARF 5; F11F12.21; F11F12_21; LE; LEPIDA; PA; PARVA; ST7R; STEROL DELTA7 REDUCTASE
NCBI Protein Information
Ergosterol biosynthesis ERG4/ERG24 family
NCBI Summary
Mutants are defective in Brassinosteroid biosynthesis (delta7-sterol-C7 reduction step) and have a dwarf phenotype.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
ST7R; 7-DHC reductase
UniProt Protein Name
7-dehydrocholesterol reductase
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Protein DWARF 5; Sterol Delta(7)-reductase
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9LDU6
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q38930
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9LDU6
UniProt Comments
Production of cholesterol by reduction of C7-C8 double bond of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC). Lesions in the gene coding for the enzyme cause dwarfism.