Fatty-acid_peroxygenase
Fatty-acid peroxygenase (EC 1.11.2.4, fatty acid hydroxylase (ambiguous), P450 peroxygenase, CYP152A1, P450BS, P450SPalpha) is an enzyme with systematic name fatty acid:hydroperoxide oxidoreductase (RH-hydroxylating).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- fatty acid + H2O2 3- or 2-hydroxy fatty acid + H2O
Fatty-acid peroxygenase is a cytosolic heme-thiolate protein.