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Inositol Oxygenase

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Definition: A non-heme IRON enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of MYOINOSITOL to D-glucuronic acid. The reaction is the first committed step in MYOINOSITOL catabolic pathway. This enzyme was formerly characterized as EC 1.13.1.11 and 1.99.2.6.      Other names Oxygenase, Myo-Inositol; Oxygenase, Inositol; Myo Inositol Oxygenase; Myo-Inositol Oxygenase
 
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Miox protein, rat  EC 1.13.99.1   *Proteins *Inositol Oxygenase. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2000 Sep;279(3):F426-39

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