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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Oxygenases > Mixed Function Oxygenases > Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase

Preferred term

Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 3-Hydroxylase, Kynurenine
  • Hydroxylase, Kynurenine
  • Kynurenine 3 Hydroxylase
  • Kynurenine 3-Hydroxylase
  • Kynurenine Hydroxylase
  • L Kynurenine 3 Hydroxylase
  • L-Kynurenine-3-Hydroxylase

Scope note

  • An NADPH-dependent flavin monooxygenase that plays a key role in the catabolism of TRYPTOPHAN by catalyzing the HYDROXYLATION of KYNURENINE to 3-hydroxykynurenine. It was formerly characterized as EC 1.14.1.2 and EC 1.99.1.5.

History note

  • 2006(1980); KYNURENINE 1973-1979

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050601

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