Cholesterol oxidase, Microorganism (ChOx) is a bacterial flavin oxidase containing FAD, commonly used in biochemical research. Cholesterol oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of the C(3)-OH group of cholesterol (and other sterols) to cholest-5-en-3-one and isomerizes it to cholest-4-en-3-one^[1].

Product Information
Optimal pH: 7.0
Molecular weight: 65 kDa

Instructions
Soluble in water (solubility≥50 mg/mL), or in buffer according to specific experimental references (e.g. 1 mg/mL dissolved in 0.1 M Phosphate buffer, pH 7.0)

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• [1]. Loredano Pollegioni,et al. Cholesterol oxidase: biotechnological applications. FEBS J. 2009 Dec;276(23):6857-70.   [Content Brief]