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NOX1

NADPH oxidase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NOX1 gene.[1]

NOX1 is a homolog of the catalytic subunit of the superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase of phagocytes, gp91phox. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[2]

References

  1. Suh YA, Arnold RS, Lassegue B, Shi J, Xu X, Sorescu D, Chung AB, Griendling KK, Lambeth JD (Sep 1999). “Cell transformation by the superoxide-generating oxidase Mox1”. Nature. 401 (6748): 79–82. doi:10.1038/43459. PMID 10485709.
  2. “Entrez Gene: NOX1 NADPH oxidase 1”.

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