ACOX1

ACOX1

ACOX1

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Peroxisomal acyl-coenzyme A oxidase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACOX1 gene.[5][6]

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The protein encoded by this gene is the first enzyme of the fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway, which catalyzes the desaturation of acyl-CoAs to 2-trans-enoyl-CoAs. It donates electrons directly to molecular oxygen, thereby producing hydrogen peroxide. Defects in this gene result in pseudoneonatal adrenoleukodystrophy, a disease that is characterized by accumulation of very long chain fatty acids. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[6]

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References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Varanasi U, Chu R, Chu S, Espinosa R, LeBeau MM, Reddy JK (May 1994). "Isolation of the human peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase gene: organization, promoter analysis, and chromosomal localization". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 91 (8): 3107–11. Bibcode:1994PNAS...91.3107V. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.8.3107. PMC 43524. PMID 8159712.

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