Non-heme iron-containing lipoxygenase which is atypical in that it displays a prominent hydroperoxide isomerase activity and a reduced lipoxygenases activity (PubMed:12881489, PubMed:17045234, PubMed:20921226, PubMed:20923767). The hydroperoxide isomerase activity catalyzes the isomerization of hydroperoxides, derived from arachidonic and linoleic acid by ALOX12B, into hepoxilin-type epoxyalcohols and ketones (PubMed:12881489, PubMed:17045234, PubMed:20923767). In presence of oxygen, oxygenates polyunsaturated fatty acids, including arachidonic acid, to produce fatty acid hydroperoxides (PubMed:20921226). In the skin, acts downstream of ALOX12B on the linoleate moiety of esterified omega-hydroxyacyl-sphingosine (EOS) ceramides to produce an epoxy-ketone derivative, a crucial step in the conjugation of omega-hydroxyceramide to membrane proteins (PubMed:21558561). Therefore plays a crucial role in the synthesis of corneocytes lipid envelope and the establishment of the skin barrier to water loss (PubMed:21558561). In parallel, it may have a signaling function in barrier formation through the production of hepoxilins metabolites (PubMed:21558561). Also plays a role in adipocyte differentiation through hepoxilin A3 and hepoxilin B3 production which in turn activate PPARG (By similarity). Through the production of hepoxilins in the spinal cord, it may regulate inflammatory tactile allodynia (By similarity).
Ichthyosis, congenital, autosomal recessive 3
ARCI3
A form of autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, a disorder of keratinization with abnormal differentiation and desquamation of the epidermis, resulting in abnormal skin scaling over the whole body. The main skin phenotypes are lamellar ichthyosis (LI) and non-bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (NCIE), although phenotypic overlap within the same patient or among patients from the same family can occur. Lamellar ichthyosis is a condition often associated with an embedment in a collodion-like membrane at birth; skin scales later develop, covering the entire body surface. Non-bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma characterized by fine whitish scaling on an erythrodermal background; larger brownish scales are present on the buttocks, neck and legs.
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The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Lipid metabolism; hydroperoxy eicosatetraenoic acid biosynthesis.
Lipid metabolism; sphingolipid metabolism.
Belongs to the lipoxygenase family.
Predominantly expressed in skin.
Hydroperoxide isomerase ALOXE3, Epidermis-type lipoxygenase 3, Hydroperoxy dehydratase ALOXE3, Hydroperoxy icosatetraenoate dehydratase, Hydroperoxy icosatetraenoate isomerase, Epidermal LOX-3, e-LOX-3, eLOX-3, ALOXE3
Proteins
Oncology
80543Da
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