Transforming Lipoxygenases: PE-Specific Enzymes in Disguise.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2017.10.006 and PMC identifier 5960801.
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Abstract
In this issue of Cell, Wenzel et al. solve a long-standing mystery regarding how damage to cell membranes occurs during ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death. They found that lipoxygenases are like Transformer toys, being converted from one enzyme type to another in the presence of the protein PEBP1.
Medical subject headings
- Lipoxygenase
- Lipoxygenases