In human neutrophils, 5-lipoxygenase (ALOX5) can mediate the lipoxygenation of ω-3 docosapentaenoic acid (DPAn-3) to 7-hydroxy-ω-3-docosapentaenoic acid (7-HDPAn-3) (Cipollina et al. 2014). Neutrophils treated with an ALOX5 inhibitor completely suppressed the formation of 7-oxo-DPAn-3 and its hydroxy precursor 7-HDPAn-3, demonstrating that ALOX5 mediates the first step in 7-oxo-DPAn-3 biosynthesis (Cipollina et al. 2014).
Cipollina, C, Schopfer, FJ, Freeman, BA, Muldoon, MF, Salvatore, SR
arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase activity of ALOX5 [cytosol]
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