Background information
12 Lipoxygenase is a non heme iron containing dioxygenase which stereospecifically incorporates molecular oxygen into cis,cis-1,4-pentadiene containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. Murine leukocyte 12 Lipoxygenase oxidizes arachidonic acid to 12(S)-HpETE and 15(S)-HpETE in a ratio of 3:1. Murine leukocyte 12 Lipoxygenase is a 75 kDa protein which is 58% homologous to murine platelet 12 Lipoxygenase, and 70% homologous to porcine leukocyte 12 Lipoxygenase.