Function
Glycolate oxidase (GOX) catalyzes the conversion of (S)-2-hydroxy acid and molecular oxygen to 2-oxo acid and hydrogen peroxide. In higher plants, GOX catalyzes the oxidation of glycolate to glyoxylate. GOX is part of the glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism and uses FMN as a cofactor. GOX catalyzes the first step in the utilization of glycolate as the sole source of carbon[1].
3D structures of glycolate oxidase
Updated on 14-March-2016
References
- ↑ Rojas CM, Senthil-Kumar M, Wang K, Ryu CM, Kaundal A, Mysore KS. Glycolate oxidase modulates reactive oxygen species-mediated signal transduction during nonhost resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2012 Jan;24(1):336-52. doi: 10.1105/tpc.111.093245. Epub 2012 Jan 27. PMID:22286136 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.111.093245
