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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Oxygenases > Dioxygenases > Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase

Preferred term

Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dioxygenase, IDO
  • IDO Dioxygenase
  • Indolamine 2,3 Dioxygenase
  • Indolamine-2,3-Dioxygenase
  • Indoleamine 2,3 Dioxygenase
  • Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase
  • Indoleamine-Oxygen 2,3-Oxidoreductase (Decyclizing)

Scope note

  • A dioxygenase with specificity for the oxidation of the indoleamine ring of TRYPTOPHAN. It is an extrahepatic enzyme that plays a role in metabolism as the first and rate limiting enzyme in the kynurenine pathway of TRYPTOPHAN catabolism.

History note

  • 2006(1990)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050503

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