| Protein Name | kynurenine 3-monooxygenase |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 8564 |
| Gene Symbol | KMO |
| UniProt | O15229 (KMO_HUMAN), A8K693 (A8K693_HUMAN) |
| Relationships |
Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
52
Total Number of Articles : 84 |
Description |
kynurenine 3-monooxygenase |
| Gene Summary |
This gene encodes a mitochondrion outer membrane protein that catalyzes the hydroxylation of L-tryptophan metabolite, L-kynurenine, to form L-3-hydroxykynurenine. Studies in yeast identified this gene as a therapeutic target for Huntington disease. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2011] |
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