L-gulonolactone oxidase
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gulonolactone (L-) oxidase pseudogene
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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].