NADPH Oxidase
"NADPH Oxidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A flavoprotein enzyme that catalyzes the univalent reduction of OXYGEN using NADPH as an electron donor to create SUPEROXIDE ANION. The enzyme is dependent on a variety of CYTOCHROMES. Defects in the production of superoxide ions by enzymes such as NADPH oxidase result in GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC.
| Descriptor ID |
D019255
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.608.575 D12.776.331.894
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