ALOX12

Arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase

Rendering based on PDB 2ABU.
Identifiers
Symbols ALOX12; 12-LOX; 12S-LOX; LOG12
External IDs OMIM152391 MGI87998 HomoloGene560 GeneCards: ALOX12 Gene
EC number 1.13.11.31
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 239 11684
Ensembl ENSG00000108839 ENSMUSG00000000320
UniProt P18054 Q3T9I9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000697.2 NM_007440.4
RefSeq (protein) NP_000688.2 NP_031466.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
6.9 – 6.91 Mb
Chr 11:
70.05 – 70.07 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase, 12S-type is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALOX12 gene.[1][2]

Interactions

ALOX12 has been shown to interact with Keratin 5[3] and LMNA.[3]

References

  1. ^ Funk CD, Funk LB, FitzGerald GA, Samuelsson B (May 1992). "Characterization of human 12-lipoxygenase genes". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 89 (9): 3962–6. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.9.3962. PMC 525611. PMID 1570320. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=525611. 
  2. ^ "Entrez Gene: ALOX12 arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=retrieve&dopt=default&list_uids=239&rn=1. 
  3. ^ a b Tang, K; Finley; Finley R L, Nie D, Honn K V (Mar. 2000). "Identification of 12-lipoxygenase interaction with cellular proteins by yeast two-hybrid screening". Biochemistry (UNITED STATES) 39 (12): 3185–91. doi:10.1021/bi992664v. ISSN 0006-2960. PMID 10727209. 

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