Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase

arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase
Identifiers
Aliases5-lipoxygenase
External IDsGeneCards: [1]; OMA:- orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase
Identifiers
EC no.1.13.11.34
CAS no.80619-02-9[permanent dead link]
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO
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Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase, also known as ALOX5, 5-lipoxygenase, 5-LOX, or 5-LO, is a non-heme iron-containing enzyme (EC 1.13.11.34) that in humans is encoded by the ALOX5 gene.[1] Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase is a member of the lipoxygenase family of enzymes. It transforms essential fatty acids (EFA) substrates into leukotrienes as well as a wide range of other biologically active products. ALOX5 is a current target for pharmaceutical intervention in a number of diseases.

  1. ^ Funk CD, Hoshiko S, Matsumoto T, Rdmark O, Samuelsson B (Apr 1989). "Characterization of the human 5-lipoxygenase gene". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 86 (8): 2587–2591. Bibcode:1989PNAS...86.2587F. doi:10.1073/pnas.86.8.2587. PMC 286962. PMID 2565035.