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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chen F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751586 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Feng F Wang Yusi Y Barman Scott S Fulton David J R DJ
Current pharmaceutical design 20150101 41
The NADPH oxidases (NOX) represent a family of 7 related transmembrane enzymes that share a basic structural paradigm and the common ability to utilize NADPH to synthesize superoxide and other reactive oxygen species (ROS). NOX isoforms are distinguished from each other by their amino acid sequences, expression levels in different cell types, the mechanisms of enzyme activation and the type of ROS that are generated. NOX5 was the last NOX family member to be identified and in the past decade and ...[more]