Human/Mouse/Rat Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase/KMO Alexa Fluor® 488-conjugated Antibody

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Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

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Background: Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase/KMO

Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase (KMO), also known as Kynurenine 3-Hydroxylase, is a part of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation (1). KMO catalyzes the NADPH- and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-dependent 3-hydroxylation of kynurenine to 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK). 3-HK is neurotoxic via the generation of hydrogen peroxide (2) and through the excitotoxic effects of its downstream metabolite quinolinic acid (3). The levels of 3-HK and quinolinic acid are increased in the brain with Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease (1). Inhibition of KMO was shown to reverse cognitive and motor deficits in mouse models of those diseases via an increase in neuroprotective kynurenic acid (4). KMO is found in the mitochondrial outer membrane of microglial cells in the brain and dendritic cells and macrophages in the periphery (1). 

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Related Research Areas

• Additional Reduction/Oxidation (Redox) Enzymes
• Kynurenine Pathway
• Oxidases and Oxygenases
• Oxygenases/Hydroxylases
• Redox Enzymes
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