ALOX15B

• Official Symbol: ALOX15B
• Official Name: arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase type B
• Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
• Entrez ID: 247
• UniProt: O15296
• Interactions: BioGRID
• PubMed articles: Open PubMed
• OMIM: Open OMIM

• Entrez Summary: This 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, Jul 2008].
• UniProt Summary: Non-heme iron-containing dioxygenase that catalyzes the stereo-specific peroxidation of free and esterified polyunsaturated fatty acids generating a spectrum of bioactive lipid mediators. Converts arachidonic acid to 15S- hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid/(15S)-HPETE. Also acts on linoleic acid to produce 13-hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid/13-HPODE. Has no detectable 8S-lipoxygenase activity but reacts with (8S)- HPETE to produce (8S,15S)-diHPETE. May regulate progression through the cell cycle and cell proliferation. May also regulate cytokine secretion by macrophages and therefore play a role in the immune response. May also regulate macrophage differentiation into proatherogenic foam cells. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10625675, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11839751, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12704195, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16112079, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18067895, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22912809, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24497644}.

Pfam Domains GO Terms

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

• Essentiality Rank: 8057
• Expression level (log2 read counts): -1.76

Expression Distribution

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ALOX15B Expression in NALM6 Cells: -1.76