Monoamine oxidase B

Monoamine oxidase B, also known as MAOB, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAOB gene.

MAOB
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesMAOB, Monoamine oxidase B
External IDsOMIM: 309860 MGI: 96916 HomoloGene: 20251 GeneCards: MAOB
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4129

109731

Ensembl

ENSG00000069535

ENSMUSG00000040147

UniProt

P27338

Q8BW75

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000898

NM_172778

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000889

NP_766366

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 43.77 – 43.88 MbChr X: 16.58 – 16.68 Mb
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The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the flavin monoamine oxidase family. It is an enzyme located in the outer mitochondrial membrane. It catalyzes the oxidative deamination of biogenic and xenobiotic amines and plays an important role in the catabolism of neuroactive and vasoactive amines in the central nervous system and peripheral tissues (such as dopamine). This protein preferentially degrades benzylamine and phenethylamine. Similar to monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), it also degrades dopamine [though some new research contradicts this, suggesting that MAOB does not directly degrade dopamine, but is responsible for GABA synthesis].

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