Medical Definition of Acyl-CoA oxidase
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Catalyses stoichiometric conversion of palmitoyl-CoA and o2 into 2-hexadecenoyl-CoA and h2o2; oxidises acyl-CoA's with carbon chain lengths of 4 to 20; most active toward lauroyl-CoA, but not acetyl- or succinyl-CoA
Registry number: EC 1.3.3.6
Synonym: fatty acyl CoA oxidase, fatty acyl-coenzyme a oxidase, fatty acid acyl-CoA oxidase, acox, pox1 gene product
(26 Jun 1999)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acyl-CoA Oxidase
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