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The impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms on human aldehyde oxidase.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals - 1 May 2012
Hartmann Tobias, Terao Mineko, Garattini Enrico, Teutloff Christian, Alfaro Joshua F, Jones Jeffrey P, Leimkühler Silke
Abstract excerpt
Aldehyde oxidase (AO) is a complex molybdo-flavoprotein that belongs to the xanthine oxidase family. AO is active as a homodimer, and each 150-kDa monomer binds two distinct [2Fe2S] clusters, FAD, and the molybdenum cofactor. AO has an important role in the metabolism of drugs based on its broad substrate specificity oxidizing aromatic aza-heterocycles, for example, N(1)-methylnicotinamide and...
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