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Effects upon in-vivo nicotine metabolism reveal functional variation in FMO3 associated with cigarette consumption.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Feb 2013
Bloom A Joseph, Murphy Sharon E, Martinez Maribel, von Weymarn Linda B, Bierut Laura J, Goate Alison
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMO) catalyze the metabolism of nucleophilic heteroatom-containing drugs and xenobiotics, including nicotine. Rare mutations in FMO3 are responsible for defective N-oxidation of dietary trimethylamine leading to trimethylaminuria, and common genetic variation in FMO3 has been linked to interindividual variability in metabolic function that may be substrate specific....
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