Medical Definition of Thromboxane-a synthase
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An enzyme found predominantly in platelet microsomes. It catalyses the conversion of pgg(2) and pgh(2) (prostaglandin endoperoxides) to thromboxane a2.
Chemical name: (5Z,13E)-(15S)-9alpha,11alpha-Epidioxy-15-hydroxyprosta-5,13-dienoate thromboxane-A(2)-isomerase
Registry number: EC 5.3.99.5
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thromboxane-a Synthase
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