| Tissue Specificity | Liver. |
| Function | Broad substrate specificity (S)-2-hydroxy-acid oxidase that preferentially oxidizes glycolate. The glyoxylate produced by the oxidation of glycolate can then be utilized by alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase for the peroxisomal synthesis of glycine.this pathway appears to be an important step for the detoxification of glyoxylate which, if allowed to accumulate, may be metabolized to oxalate with formation of kidney stones. Can also catalyze the oxidation glyoxylate, and long chain hydroxyacids such as 2-hydroxyhexadecanoate and 2-hydroxyoctanoate. Active in vitro with the artificial electron acceptor 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCIP), but O2 is believed to be the physiological electron acceptor, leading to the production of H2O2. |
| Protein Name | 2-Hydroxyacid Oxidase 1Haox1Glycolate OxidaseGoxGlyoxylate Oxidase |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-MMU-389661Reactome: -MMU-9033241 |
| Cellular Localisation | Peroxisome Matrix |
| Alternative Protein Names | 2-Hydroxyacid Oxidase 1 proteinHaox1 proteinGlycolate Oxidase proteinGox proteinGlyoxylate Oxidase proteinHao1 protein |
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