arachidonate 8-lipoxygenase activity

id: GO:0047677
name: arachidonate 8-lipoxygenase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: arachidonate + O(2) = (5Z,8R,9E,11Z,14Z)-8-hydroperoxyicosa-5,9,11,14-tetraenoate.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016702oxidoreductase activity, acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen, incorporation of two atoms of oxygen