Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				An NADPH-dependent flavin monooxygenase that plays a key role in the catabolism of TRYPTOPHAN by catalyzing the HYDROXYLATION of KYNURENINE to 3-hydroxykynurenine. It was formerly characterized as EC 1.14.1.2 and EC 1.99.1.5.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D050601 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | D08.811.682.690.708.557 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Kynurenine 3-MonooxygenaseKynurenine 3-Monooxygenase3-Monooxygenase, KynurenineKynurenine 3 MonooxygenaseKynurenine HydroxylaseHydroxylase, KynurenineKynurenine 3-Hydroxylase3-Hydroxylase, KynurenineKynurenine 3 HydroxylaseL-Kynurenine-3-HydroxylaseL Kynurenine 3 Hydroxylase
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