- L-
Gulonolactone oxidase (EC 1.1.3.8) is an
enzyme that
produces vitamin C. It is
expressed in most mammals, but is non-functional in
Haplorrhini (a suborder...
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carbonyl on C1 and
hydroxyl group on C4. l-
Gulonolactone then
reacts with oxygen,
catalyzed by the
enzyme L-
gulonolactone oxidase (which is
nonfunctional in humans...
- that
because humans and
other primates lack a
functional form of L-
gulonolactone oxidase, an
enzyme required to make
vitamin C that is
functional in...
-
Provided the diet
contains sufficient vitamin C, the lack of
working L-
gulonolactone oxidase (GULO)
enzyme has no significance. In
modern Western societies...
- PMID 22069493. Jenness, R.; Birney, E.; Ayaz, K. (1980). "Variation of L-
gulonolactone oxidase activity in
placental mammals".
Comparative Biochemistry and...
- many
pseudogenes present in the
human genome. One
example of this is L-
gulonolactone oxidase, a gene that is
functional in most
other mammals and produces...
- gene that is
functional in most
other mammals and
which produces L-
gulonolactone oxidase, an
enzyme that can make
vitamin C. A do****ented
mutation deactivated...
- the free dictionary. Glo or GLO may
refer to: 3267 Glo, an
asteroid Gulonolactone oxidase GLO Airlines, a
defunct American airline Glossop railway station...
-
suggested by
Linus Pauling, is that Lp(a) is a
primate adaptation to L-
gulonolactone oxidase (GULO) deficiency,
found only in
certain lines of mammals. GULO...
- Haplorrhini. In
common with simians,
tarsiers have a
mutation in the L-
gulonolactone oxidase (GULO) gene,
which prevents their bodies from
synthesizing vitamin...
