Fatty-acid peroxygenase

Fatty-acid peroxygenase (, fatty acid hydroxylase (ambiguous), P450 peroxygenase, CYP152A1, P450BS, P450SPalpha) is an enzyme with systematic name fatty acid:hydroperoxide oxidoreductase (RH-hydroxylating). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction


 * fatty acid + H2O2 $$\rightleftharpoons$$ 3- or 2-hydroxy fatty acid + H2O

Fatty-acid peroxygenase is a cytosolic heme-thiolate protein.