Biology:ACOX1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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Peroxisomal acyl-coenzyme A oxidase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACOX1 gene.[1][2]

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.[2]

Clinical features of ACOX1 deficiency generally include hypotonia and neonatal seizures.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Isolation of the human peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase gene: organization, promoter analysis, and chromosomal localization". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 91 (8): 3107–3111. May 1994. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.8.3107. PMID 8159712. Bibcode: 1994PNAS...91.3107V. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: ACOX1 acyl-Coenzyme A oxidase 1, palmitoyl". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=51. 
  3. ↑ "Early white matter involvement in an infant carrying a novel mutation in ACOX1". European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 20 (3): 431–434. May 2016. doi:10.1016/j.ejpn.2016.02.007. PMID 26965209. 

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