title: Alpha-dioxygenases.
abstract: Alpha-dioxygenases constitute a family of fatty acid-metabolizing enzymes recently discovered in plants. The present paper gives a brief overview of the literature dealing with these enzymes and additionally reports the new finding of an alpha-dioxygenase in the moss, Physcomitrella patens, and some properties of this enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Physiological Chemistry II, Karolinska Institute, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden. Mats.Hamberg@mbb.ki.se
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamberg
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ponce de Leon
authors.forename: Maria Josefa
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castresana
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019068:Bryopsida / Q000201:enzymology*; D049308:Dioxygenases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D049308:Dioxygenases