title: Pulmonary flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) in rhesus macaque: expression of FMO2 protein, mRNA and analysis of the cDNA.
abstract: Pulmonary microsomes from Rhesus macaque express a flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) resembling the FMO2 ortholog from rabbit with respect to immunochemical cross-reactivity and expression in lung, but not liver. A full-length cDNA was cloned following screening of a Rhesus macaque lung cDNA library. The nucleotide sequence contained an open reading frame encoding 535 amino acids with 85 and 84% identity to FMO2 from rabbit and guinea pig, respectively, and an identical location of the putative FAD- and NADP-binding sites. Northern blots of monkey lung mRNA revealed multiple size FMO2 transcripts. These mRNA transcripts are expressed in lung, but not in liver or kidney.
authors.affiliation: Toxicology Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-6602, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Yueh
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; D009249:NADP; D010105:Oxygenases; C020066:dimethylaniline monooxygenase (N-oxide forming)