Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
239
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase, 12S type
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
ALOX12
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
12-LOX, 12S-LOX, LOG12
Chromosome Chromosome number
17
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
17p13.1
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
This gene encodes a member of the lipoxygenase family of proteins. The encoded enzyme acts on different polyunsaturated fatty acid substrates to generate bioactive lipid mediators including eicosanoids and lipoxins. The encoded enzyme and its reaction pro
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT437657 hsa-miR-195-5p Microarray, qRT-PCR 22815788
MIRT438332 hsa-miR-185-5p Luciferase reporter assay, Western blot 24070899
MIRT438332 hsa-miR-185-5p Luciferase reporter assay, Western blot 24070899
MIRT1929912 hsa-miR-15a CLIP-seq
MIRT1929913 hsa-miR-15b CLIP-seq
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
JUN Unknown 14518567
RUNX1 Unknown 20181616
SP1 Activation 9164849
SP1 Unknown 14518567;16118214
SP3 Activation 9164849
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0004052 Function Arachidonate 12(S)-lipoxygenase activity IBA 21873635
GO:0004052 Function Arachidonate 12(S)-lipoxygenase activity IDA 1851637, 2217179, 2377602, 8319693, 17493578, 18311922, 22984144, 24282679
GO:0005506 Function Iron ion binding IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 10727209
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IDA 8319693
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
152391 429 ENSG00000108839
Protein
UniProt ID P18054
Protein name Polyunsaturated fatty acid lipoxygenase ALOX12 (EC 1.13.11.-) (Arachidonate (12S)-lipoxygenase) (12S-LOX) (12S-lipoxygenase) (EC 1.13.11.31) (Arachidonate (15S)-lipoxygenase) (EC 1.13.11.33) (Linoleate (13S)-lipoxygenase) (Lipoxin synthase 12-LO) (EC 3.3.
Protein function Catalyzes the regio and stereo-specific incorporation of molecular oxygen into free and esterified polyunsaturated fatty acids generating lipid hydroperoxides that can be further reduced to the corresponding hydroxy species (PubMed:17493578, Pub
PDB 3D3L , 8GHB , 8GHC , 8GHD , 8GHE
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01477 PLAT 4 108 PLAT/LH2 domain Domain
PF00305 Lipoxygenase 174 649 Lipoxygenase Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23578768}.
Sequence
Sequence length 663
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Arachidonic acid metabolism
Metabolic pathways
Antifolate resistance
Serotonergic synapse
Inflammatory mediator regulation of TRP channels
  Synthesis of Hepoxilins (HX) and Trioxilins (TrX)
Synthesis of Lipoxins (LX)
Synthesis of 12-eicosatetraenoic acid derivatives
Biosynthesis of DHA-derived SPMs
Biosynthesis of DPAn-6 SPMs
Biosynthesis of DPAn-3-derived maresins
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Arthritis Juvenile arthritis rs1594890601, rs1594882933, rs184370809, rs776489319, rs1594883470 19565504
Schizophrenia Schizophrenia rs13447324, rs387906932, rs387906933, rs863223354, rs863223355, rs776061422, rs863223349, rs748809996, rs759748655, rs863223353, rs863223350, rs863223356, rs781821239, rs863223348, rs863223346
View all (12 more)
20626912
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma Associate 34428433
Adenoma Associate 23404351, 23778325, 34428433
Arthritis Rheumatoid Associate 9305751
Asthma Associate 23321599
Atherosclerosis Associate 24686056
Breast Neoplasms Associate 16684880, 33224971
Breast Neoplasms Stimulate 25339205
Cardiovascular Diseases Associate 16514435
Colonic Polyps Associate 37756582
Colorectal Neoplasms Associate 22237009, 24908683, 34428433, 35833141