Enzyme or Coenzyme
Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
AMW:CHEM:081198A dioxygenase with specificity for the oxidation of the indoleamine ring of TRYPTOPHAN. It is an extrahepatic enzyme that plays a role in metabolism as the first and rate limiting enzyme in the kynurenine pathway of TRYPTOPHAN catabolism.
Biochemistry
biochemical