L-gulonolactone oxidase

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gulonolactone (L-) oxidase pseudogene
Identifiers
Symbol(s) GULOP
Entrez 2989
OMIM 240400
RefSeq NG_001136
UniProt [1]
Other data
EC number 1.1.3.8
Locus Chr. 8 p21.1

L-gulonolactone oxidase (EC 1.1.3.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of D-glucuronolactone (also known as L-gulono-1,4-lactone) with oxygen to L-xylo-hex-3-ulonolactone and hydrogen peroxide. It uses FAD as a cofactor.

The CAS number for this type of the enzyme is [9028-78-8].

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