Difference between revisions of "Monoamine oxidase"
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Monoamine oxidase
Description
Monoamine oxidases are enzymes bound to the outer membrane of mitochondria and they catalyze the oxidative deamination of monoamines.
Abbreviation: MAO
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Enzyme
Oxygen is used to remove an amine group from a molecule, resulting in the corresponding aldehyde and ammonia. Monoamine oxidases contain the covalently bound cofactor FAD and are, thus, classified as flavoproteins.
