EC |
1.13.11.40 |
Accepted name: |
arachidonate 8-lipoxygenase |
Reaction: |
arachidonate + O2 = (5Z,9E,11Z,14Z)-(8R)-8-hydroperoxyicosa-5,9,11,14-tetraenoate |
Other name(s): |
8-lipoxygenase; 8(R)-lipoxygenase |
Systematic name: |
arachidonate:oxygen 8-oxidoreductase |
Comments: |
From the coral Pseudoplexaura porosa. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 100900-72-9 |
References: |
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Bundy, G.L., Nidy, E.G., Epps, D.E., Mizsak, S.A. and Wnuk, R.J. Discovery of an arachidonic acid C-8 lipoxygenase in the gorgonian coral Pseudoplexaura porosa. J. Biol. Chem. 261 (1986) 747–751. [PMID: 2867091] |
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[EC 1.13.11.40 created 1989] |
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