fatty acid alpha-hydroxylase activity

id: GO:0080132
name: fatty acid alpha-hydroxylase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the conversion of a fatty acid to an alpha-hydroxylated fatty acid. A hydroxyl group is added to the second carbon, counted from the carboxyl end, of a fatty acid chain.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016491oxidoreductase activity