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Survey of variants of human flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) and their drug oxidation activities.
Biochemical pharmacology - 1 Jun 2013
Yamazaki Hiroshi, Shimizu Makiko
Abstract excerpt
Human flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3, EC 1.14.13.8) in liver catalyzes a variety of oxygenations of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing medicines and xenobiotic substances. Loss-of-function mutations of the FMO3 gene, the enzyme responsible for trimethylamine N-oxygenation, cause the inherited disorder trimethylaminuria (also known as fish odor syndrome). In this mini-review, mutations of the FMO3 gene...
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