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Gene information for ALOX15B (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID247
Official gene symbolALOX15B
Full namearachidonate 15-lipoxygenase, type B
Aliases,15-LOX-2,
Gene summaryThis gene encodes a member of the lipoxygenase family of structurally related nonheme iron dioxygenases involved in the production of fatty acid hydroperoxides. The encoded protein converts arachidonic acid exclusively to 15S-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid, while metabolizing linoleic acid less effectively. This gene is located in a cluster of related genes and a pseudogene that spans approximately 100 kilobases on the short arm of chromosome 17. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 17   Locus: 17p13.1
Gene position7942358 - 7952452  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size10095 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID603697