A protohemoprotein. In mammals, the enzyme appears to be located only in the liver. This enzyme, together with EC 1.13.11.52, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, catalyses the first and rate-limiting step in the kynurenine pathway, the major pathway of tryptophan metabolism . The enzyme is specific for tryptophan as substrate, but is far more active with L-tryptophan than with D-tryptophan .
The taxonomic range for the selected organisms is: Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris The expected taxonomic range for this enzyme is: Bacteria, Eukaryota, Archaea
A protohemoprotein. In mammals, the enzyme appears to be located only in the liver. This enzyme, together with EC 1.13.11.52, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, catalyses the first and rate-limiting step in the kynurenine pathway, the major pathway of tryptophan metabolism [5]. The enzyme is specific for tryptophan as substrate, but is far more active with L-tryptophan than with D-tryptophan [2].
no activity witth D-Trp. No evidence for the accumulation of Compound II during TDO catalysis, instead a ternary [Fe(II)-O2, L-Trp] complex is detected under steady state conditions. Absence of a Compound II species in the steady state in TDO is not due to an intrinsic inability of the TDO enzyme to form ferryl heme, because Compound II can be formed directly through a different route in which ferrous heme is reacted with peroxide
indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO, EC 1.13.11.52) and tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) are heme-containing enzymes that catalyze the O2-dependent oxidation of L-tryptophan (L-Trp) in biological systems following different reaction mechanisms, the rate-limiting step in the IDO and TDO mechanisms is not the same
no evidence for the accumulation of Compound II during TDO catalysis, instead a ternary [Fe(II)-O2, L-Trp] complex is detected under steady state conditions. Absence of a Compound II species in the steady state in TDO is not due to an intrinsic inability of the TDO enzyme to form ferryl heme, because Compound II can be formed directly through a different route in which ferrous heme is reacted with peroxide