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Human metabolism

Reactome's human metabolism drawn as one network. Each molecule has one home node; widely shared molecules also appear as dashed copies in other territories, linked from their details. .

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Arachidonate is oxidised to 5S-HpETE by ALOX5

AA + O2 → 5S-HpETE

Reactome: R-HSA-265296
Compartment: cytosol · nuclear envelope
Rhea: RHEA:17486

Inputs

AACHEBI:32395, C20H31O2, cytosol
O2CHEBI:15379, O2, cytosol

Outputs

5S-HpETECHEBI:57450, C20H31O4, cytosol

Catalysed by

oxidoreductase activity of ALOX5:ALOX5AP:LTC4S [nuclear envelope]EC 1

Literature

Reversible, calcium-dependent membrane association of human leukocyte 5-lipoxygenase Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1987
Characterization of cloned human leukocyte 5-lipoxygenase expressed in mammalian cells J Biol Chem, 1988
Single protein from human leukocytes possesses 5-lipoxygenase and leukotriene A4 synthase activities Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1986