BBOX1

Description

The BBOX1 (gamma-butyrobetaine hydroxylase 1) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 11.

Gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase (also known as BBOX, GBBH or γ-butyrobetaine hydroxylase) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the BBOX1 gene. Gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase catalyses the formation of L-carnitine from gamma-butyrobetaine, the last step in the L-carnitine biosynthesis pathway. Carnitine is essential for the transport of activated fatty acids across the mitochondrial membrane during mitochondrial beta oxidation. In humans, gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase can be found in the kidney (high), liver (moderate), and brain (very low). BBOX1 has recently been identified as a potential cancer gene based on a large-scale microarray data analysis.

== Reaction ==

Gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase belongs to the 2-oxoglutarate (2OG)-dependent dioxygenase superfamily. It catalyses the following reaction:

4-trimethylammoniobutanoate (γ-butyrobetaine) + 2-oxoglutarate + O2

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3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammoniobutanoate (L-carnitine) + succinate + CO2 The three substrates of this enzyme are 4-trimethylammoniobutanoate (γ-butyrobetaine), 2-oxoglutarate, and O2, whereas its three products are 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammoniobutanoate (L-carnitine), succinate, and carbon dioxide. This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on paired donors, with O2 as oxidant and incorporation or reduction of oxygen. The oxygen incorporated need not be derived from O2 with 2-oxoglutarate as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into each donor. This enzyme participates in lysine degradation.

BBOX1 is also known as BBH, BBOX, G-BBH, gamma-BBH.

Associated Diseases

WES Whole Exome Sequencing