Mutations of the flavin-containing monooxygenase gene (FMO3) cause trimethylaminuria, a defect in detoxication.
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Treacy EP, Akerman BR, Chow LM, Youil R, Bibeau C, Lin J, Bruce AG, Knight M, Danks DM, Cashman JR, Forrest SM
Mutations of the flavin-containing monooxygenase gene (FMO3) cause trimethylaminuria, a defect in detoxication.
Hum Mol Genet. 1998 May;7(5):839-45.
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Individuals with the recessive condition trimethylaminuria exhibit variation in metabolic detoxication of xenobiotics by hepatic flavin-containing monooxygenases. We show here that mutations in the human flavin-containing monooxygenase isoform 3 gene ( FMO3 ) impair N -oxygenation of xenobiotics and are responsible for the trimethylaminuria phenotype. Three disease-causing mutations in nine Australian-born probands have been identified which share a particular polymorphic haplotype. Nonsense and missense mutations are associated with a severe phenotype and are also implicated in impaired metabolism of other nitrogen- and sulfur-containing substrates including biogenic amines, both clinically and when mutated proteins expressed from cDNA are studied in vitro . These findings illustrate the critical role played by human FMO3 in the metabolism of xenobiotic substrates and endogenous amines.