Reaction: corticosterone + 2 reduced adrenodoxin + O2 + 2 H+ = 18-hydroxycorticosterone + 2 oxidized adrenodoxin + H2O
Other name(s): corticosterone 18-hydroxylase; corticosterone methyl oxidase; corticosterone,reduced-adrenal-ferredoxin:oxygen oxidoreductase (18-hydroxylating)
Systematic name: corticosterone,reduced-adrenodoxin:oxygen oxidoreductase (18-hydroxylating)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37256-75-0
References:
1. Raman, P.B., Sharma, D.C. and Dorfman, R.I. Studies on aldosterone biosynthesis in vitro. Biochemistry 5 (1966) 1795.