Also known as dJ317G22.1, kynurenine 3-monooxygenase (kynurenine 3-hydroxylase), kynurenine 3-monooxygenase
protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Gene data
KMO- Name
- kynurenine 3-monooxygenase
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 241,531,876–241,595,643 (+)
- Aliases
- dJ317G22.1
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000117009
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_001410944.1, NM_003679.5
- RefSeq protein
- NP_001397873.1, NP_003670.2
This gene encodes a mitochondrion outer membrane protein that catalyzes the hydroxylation of L-tryptophan metabolite, L-kynurenine, to form L-3-hydroxykynurenine. Studies in yeast identified this gene as a therapeutic target for Huntington disease. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2011].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
kynurenine 3-monooxygenase
- Symbol
- KMO
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 1:241,531,876-241,595,643
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
View on Ensembl →
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 2729
- genetic association
- obesity
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/8564
- genomic end
- 241758944
- genomic start
- 241695434
- chromosome
- human chromosome 1
- cytogenetic location
- 1q43
- expressed in
- granulocyte
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