PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 9305573-2 1997 The most dramatic illustration of this type of bioactivation process is the conversion of the parkinsonian-inducing neurotoxin MPTP (23) by brain MAO-B to the iminium (dihydropyridinium) metabolite 24 which is oxidized further to the pyridinium species MPP+ (25). iminium 159-166 monoamine oxidase B Homo sapiens 146-151