Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) are a family of enzymes catalyzing the production of nitric oxide (NO) from L-arginine. NO is an important cellular signaling...
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Endothelial NOS (redirect from Endothelial nitric oxide synthase)
Endothelial NOS (eNOS), also known as nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS3) or constitutive NOS (cNOS), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NOS3 gene...
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calcium-calmodulin and other cofactors. Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) synthesize the metastable free radical nitric oxide (NO). Three isoforms are known for...
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role remains unclear. In humans, nitric oxide is produced from L-arginine by three enzymes called nitric oxide synthases (NOS): inducible (iNOS), endothelial...
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Nitric oxide synthase, inducible is an enzyme which is encoded by the NOS2 gene in humans and mice. Three related pseudogenes are located within the Smith-Magenis...
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Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide or nitrogen monoxide) is a colorless gas with the formula NO. It is one of the principal oxides of nitrogen. Nitric oxide...
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nitric-oxide synthase (flavodoxin) (EC 1.14.14.47, nitric oxide synthetase, NO synthase) is an enzyme with systematic name L-arginine,reduced flavodoxin:oxygen...
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Gasotransmitter (section Nitric oxide)
cells. NO is biosynthesized endogenously from L-arginine by various nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzymes. Reduction of inorganic nitrate may also serve to...
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(adrenaline), and is a cofactor for the production of nitric oxide (NO) by the nitric oxide synthases. Chemically, its structure is that of a (dihydropteridine...
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Hemoprotein (section Nitric oxide synthase)
(July 2021). "The Relationship between Myoglobin, Aerobic Capacity, Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity and Mitochondrial Function in Fish Hearts". Antioxidants...
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Endothelial dysfunction (section Nitric oxide)
cardiovascular events. Atherosclerosis Endothelial activation Nitric oxide endothelial nitric oxide synthase Prostacyclin Endothelium-derived relaxing factor Endothelin...
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of nitric oxide from the amino acid arginine, catalyzed by nitric oxide synthase. Citrulline can be derived from: from arginine via nitric oxide synthase...
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molecules derived from nitric oxide (•NO) and superoxide (O2•−) produced via the enzymatic activity of inducible nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) and NADPH...
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American pharmacologist. For demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide, he was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...
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Saliva testing (redirect from Nitric oxide test strips)
Cardio-protective nitric oxide is generated in the body by a family of specific enzymes, nitric oxide synthase. An alternative pathway for the generation of nitric oxide...
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(including metabolism of some drugs), gas sensing (guanyl cyclases, nitric oxide synthase), and microRNA processing (DGCR8). Heme is a coordination complex...
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while citrulline up-regulates it. The enzyme endothelial nitric oxide synthase produces nitric oxide from arginine in endothelial cells. Argininosuccinate...
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Beta3-adrenergic agonist (section Nitric oxide)
their relaxative effects on vasculature is by promoting endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity and NO bioavailability. This is believed to be the...
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NOS1 (redirect from Nitric oxide synthase 1)
Nitric oxide synthase 1 (neuronal), also known as NOS1, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NOS1 gene. Nitric oxide synthases (EC 1.14.13.39)...
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Nitric oxide dioxygenase (EC 1.14.12.17) is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of nitric oxide (NO) to nitrate (NO− 3) . The net reaction for the...
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and translationally blocks the gene expression of human inducible nitric oxide synthase (hiNOS) by binding to its 3'UTR. There is dual regulation of hiNOS...
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neuronal nitric oxide synthase, a hemoprotein enzyme that, in neuronal tissue, converts arginine to citrulline and nitric oxide (NO). Nitric oxide can diffuse...
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N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA receptor), which has been associated with nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and cGMP/PKG pathway activation and a decrease of Na+,K+-ATPase...
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imidazoles, including clotrimazole, are selective inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase. Other biological activities of the imidazole pharmacophore relate...
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mechanism involves inhibition of nitric oxide production due to reduced expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase enzyme (iNOS) in macrophages. Transcription...
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by nitric oxide as well, through the upregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), an increase in endogenous opiates, muscarinic cholinergic...
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Minoxidil (category Amine oxides)
cofactor for nitric oxide synthase. Minoxidil stimulates prostaglandin E2 production by activating COX-1 and prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase-1 but inhibits...
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contributes to the process of central sensitization. Briefly, the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS) forms NO which ultimately results in vasodilatation and activation...
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Nitrovasodilator (redirect from Nitric oxide donor)
of nitric oxide (NO), and is mostly used for the treatment and prevention of angina pectoris. This group of drugs includes nitrates (esters of nitric acid)...
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H, Fandino J, Fathi AR (2015). "Estrogen Induces Nitric Oxide Production Via Nitric Oxide Synthase Activation in Endothelial Cells". Neurovascular Events...
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