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fatty acid alpha-hydroxylase activity

Known as: fatty acid 2-hydroxylase 
Catalysis of the conversion of a fatty acid to an alpha-hydroxylated fatty acid. A hydroxyl group is added to the second carbon, counted from the… 
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FA2H gene

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2005
2005
A novel method for the measurement of in vitro fatty acid 2-hydroxylase activity by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry Published, JLR Papers in Press, May 1, 2005. DOI 10.1194/jlr.D500013-JLR200
Fatty acid 2-hydroxylase (FA2H), encoded by the FA2H gene, is an enzyme responsible for the de novo synthesis of sphingolipids… 
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