Reaction: ecdysone + O2 = 3-dehydroecdysone + H2O2
Other name(s): β-ecdysone oxidase
Systematic name: ecdysone:oxygen 3-oxidoreductase
Comments: 2,6-Dichloroindophenol can act as an acceptor.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 56803-12-4
References:
1. Koolman, J. and Karlson, P. Ecdysone oxidase, an enzyme from the blowfly Calliphora erythrocephala (Meigen). Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 35 (1975) 1131. [PMID: 297]