Cytochrome P450, family 15, also known as CYP15, is an animal cytochrome P450 family found in insect genome,[1] involved in juvenile hormone biosynthesis.[2] The first gene identified in this family is the DpCYP15A1 from the Diploptera punctata (Pacific beetle cockroach), encodes an epoxidase of methyl farnesoate, a precursor of juvenile hormone, alone with its ortholog TcCYP15A1 in Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle).[3]
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- ^ Minakuchi, C; Ishii, F; Washidu, Y; Ichikawa, A; Tanaka, T; Miura, K; Shinoda, T (September 2015). "Expressional and functional analysis of CYP15A1, a juvenile hormone epoxidase, in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum". Journal of Insect Physiology. 80: 61–70. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.04.008. PMID 25921675.
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