ID KMO_RAT Reviewed; 478 AA. AC O88867; DT 04-APR-2006, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-NOV-1998, sequence version 1. DT 16-JUN-2009, entry version 55. DE RecName: Full=Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase; DE EC=1.14.13.9; DE AltName: Full=Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase; GN Name=Kmo; OS Rattus norvegicus (Rat). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Sciurognathi; OC Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus. OX NCBI_TaxID=10116; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RA Magagnin S., Covini N., Cini M., Bormetti R., Molinari A., RA Speciale C., Post C., Benatti L.; RL Submitted (MAR-1998) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. RC TISSUE=Liver; RX PubMed=15489334; DOI=10.1101/gr.2596504; RG The MGC Project Team; RT "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA RT project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."; RL Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004). RN [3] RP CATALYTIC ACTIVITY, BIOPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, SUBCELLULAR RP LOCATION, AND TISSUE SPECIFICITY. RX MEDLINE=93072878; PubMed=1332540; DOI=10.1016/0003-2697(92)90432-7; RA Erickson J.B., Flanagan E.M., Russo S., Reinhard J.F. Jr.; RT "A radiometric assay for kynurenine 3-hydroxylase based on the release RT of 3H2O during hydroxylation of L-[3,5-3H]kynurenine."; RL Anal. Biochem. 205:257-262(1992). RN [4] RP REVIEW. RX PubMed=12402501; DOI=10.1038/nrd870; RA Stone T.W., Darlington L.G.; RT "Endogenous kynurenines as targets for drug discovery and RT development."; RL Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 1:609-620(2002). CC -!- FUNCTION: Catalyzes the hydroxylation of L-kynurenine (L-Kyn) to CC form 3-hydroxy-L-kynurenine (L-3OHKyn). Required for synthesis of CC quinolinic acid, a neurotoxic NMDA receptor antagonist and CC potential endogenous inhibitor of NMDA receptor signaling in CC axonal targeting, synaptogenesis and apoptosis during brain CC development. Quinolinic acid may also affect NMDA receptor CC signaling in pancreatic beta cells, osteoblasts, myocardial cells, CC and the gastrointestinal tract (By similarity). CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: L-kynurenine + NADPH + O(2) = 3-hydroxy-L- CC kynurenine + NADP(+) + H(2)O. CC -!- COFACTOR: FAD (By similarity). CC -!- BIOPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES: CC Kinetic parameters: CC KM=11.3 uM for NADPH; CC KM=316 uM for NADH; CC -!- PATHWAY: Cofactor biosynthesis; NAD(+) biosynthesis; pyridine-2,3- CC dicarboxylate from L-kynurenine: step 1/3. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Mitochondrion outer membrane; Multi-pass CC membrane protein. CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highest activity in liver and kidney. Low CC activity in spleen, stomach, intestinal tract, esophagus, heart CC and lung. CC -!- MISCELLANEOUS: Increased in neuroinflammatory conditions. CC Inhibitors are investigated as potential neuroprotective drugs CC since they lead to an increased level of kynurenic acid, a CC neuroprotective NMDA receptor agonist. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the aromatic-ring hydroxylase family. KMO CC subfamily. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AF056031; AAC62614.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; BC088142; AAH88142.1; -; mRNA. DR IPI; IPI00213422; -. DR RefSeq; NP_067604.1; -. DR UniGene; Rn.35029; -. DR PhosphoSite; O88867; -. DR PRIDE; O88867; -. DR Ensembl; ENSRNOG00000003709; Rattus norvegicus. DR GeneID; 59113; -. DR KEGG; rno:59113; -. DR NMPDR; fig|10116.3.peg.9628; -. DR RGD; 620610; Kmo. DR HOVERGEN; O88867; -. DR OMA; O88867; LHAIMPS. DR BRENDA; 1.14.13.9; 248. DR NextBio; 611759; -. DR ArrayExpress; O88867; -. DR GermOnline; ENSRNOG00000003709; Rattus norvegicus. DR GO; GO:0016021; C:integral to membrane; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0005741; C:mitochondrial outer membrane; IDA:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0004502; F:kynurenine 3-monooxygenase activity; IDA:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0019674; P:NAD metabolic process; IDA:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0055114; P:oxidation reduction; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0019363; P:pyridine nucleotide biosynthetic process; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0019441; P:tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine; IDA:RGD. DR InterPro; IPR006076; FAD-dep_OxRdtase. DR InterPro; IPR003042; Rng_hydrolase-like. DR Pfam; PF01266; DAO; 1. DR PRINTS; PR00420; RNGMNOXGNASE. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW FAD; Flavoprotein; Membrane; Mitochondrion; KW Mitochondrion outer membrane; Monooxygenase; NADP; Oxidoreductase; KW Phosphoprotein; Pyridine nucleotide biosynthesis; Transmembrane. FT CHAIN 1 478 Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase. FT /FTId=PRO_0000229745. FT TRANSMEM 385 404 Potential. FT TRANSMEM 425 444 Potential. FT MOD_RES 399 399 Phosphothreonine (By similarity). SQ SEQUENCE 478 AA; 54353 MW; 72E775D1C05CFFAB CRC64; MASSDTEGKR VVVIGGGLVG ALNACFLAKR NFQVDVYEAR EDIRVANFMR GRSINLALSY RGRQALKAVG LEDQIVSKGV PMKARMIHSL SGKKSAIPYG NKSQYILSIS REKLNKDLLT AVESYPNAKV HFGHKLSKCC PEEGILTMLG PNKVPRDITC DLIVGCDGAY STVRAHLMKK PRFDYSQQYI PHGYMELTIP PKNGEYAMEP NCLHIWPRNA FMMIALPNMD KSFTCTLFMS FEEFEKLPTH SDVLDFFQKN FPDAIPLMGE QALMRDFFLL PAQPMISVKC SPFHLKSRCV LMGDAAHAIV PFFGQGMNAG FEDCLVFDEL MDKFNNDLSV CLPEFSRFRI PDDHAISDLS MYNYIEMRAH VNSRWFLFQR LLDKFLHALM PSTFIPLYTM VAFTRIRYHE AVLRWHWQKK VINRGLFVLG SLVAIGSAYI LVHHLSPRPL ELLRSAWTGT SGHWNRSADI SPRVPWSH //