Component
L-Pipecolate oxidase / PIPOX
Independent protein record; interpretation is limited by each linked claim and its study context.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
Where it participates (unsigned role)
Human peroxisomal PIPOX oxidizes L-pipecolate to P6C.
Experimental context and source evidence
- experimental_model
- Human cDNA cloning and expressed enzyme
- limitations
- Enzyme capability does not establish that this route predominates in human brain; see conflict.
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- Pipecolate can join the common lysine breakdown route.
- primary_references
- [ijlst2000] Molecular cloning and expression of human L-pipecolate oxidase (2000). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10772957/ DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2575
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Peroxisomes
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### pipox-pipecolate-oxidation Human peroxisomal PIPOX oxidizes L-pipecolate to P6C. Plain language: Pipecolate can join the common lysine breakdown route. Condition category: normal organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Peroxisomes experimental_model: Human cDNA cloning and expressed enzyme limitations: Enzyme capability does not establish that this route predominates in human brain; see conflict. [ijlst2000] Molecular cloning and expression of human L-pipecolate oxidase (2000). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10772957/ DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2575
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The events it takes part in
A mechanism often involves more than two components. These are the full events, with every participant and its role.
Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
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Open hypotheses
Proposed ideas that involve this component. They are labeled as hypotheses and do not change any recorded statement.
This is a research prototype built from draft material. It is not medical advice, and its statements still await verification against the original studies.