Lipoxygenase
"Lipoxygenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class primarily found in PLANTS. It catalyzes reactions between linoleate and other fatty acids and oxygen to form hydroperoxy-fatty acid derivatives.
| Descriptor ID |
D008084
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.690.416.583.625 D12.776.556.579.374.568.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Lipoxygenase- Lipoxygenase
- Linoleate-Oxygen Oxidoreductase
- Linoleate Oxygen Oxidoreductase
- Oxidoreductase, Linoleate-Oxygen
- Lipoxidase
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