FMO4

Flavin containing monooxygenase 4
Identifiers
SymbolsFMO4 ; FMO2
External IDsOMIM: 136131 MGI: 2429497 HomoloGene: 68219 GeneCards: FMO4 Gene
EC number1.14.13.8
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez2329226564
EnsemblENSG00000076258ENSMUSG00000026692
UniProtP31512Q8VHG0
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002022NM_144878
RefSeq (protein)NP_002013NP_659127
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
171.28 – 171.31 Mb
Chr 1:
162.79 – 162.81 Mb
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Dimethylaniline monooxygenase [N-oxide-forming] 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FMO4 gene.[1][2]

Function

Metabolic N-oxidation of the diet-derived amino-trimethylamine (TMA) is mediated by flavin-containing monooxygenase and is subject to an inherited FMO3 polymorphism in man resulting in a small subpopulation with reduced TMA N-oxidation capacity resulting in fish odor syndrome Trimethylaminuria. Three forms of the enzyme, FMO1 found in fetal liver, FMO2 found in adult liver, and FMO3 are encoded by genes clustered in the 1q23-q25 region. Flavin-containing monooxygenases are NADPH-dependent flavoenzymes that catalyzes the oxidation of soft nucleophilic heteroatom centers in drugs, pesticides, and xenobiotics.[2]

References

  1. Lawton MP, Cashman JR, Cresteil T, Dolphin CT, Elfarra AA, Hines RN et al. (Mar 1994). "A nomenclature for the mammalian flavin-containing monooxygenase gene family based on amino acid sequence identities". Arch Biochem Biophys 308 (1): 254–7. doi:10.1006/abbi.1994.1035. PMID 8311461.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: FMO4 flavin containing monooxygenase 4".

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