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<protein>
  <id type="integer">870</id>
  <cancdbp-id>CDBP00869</cancdbp-id>
  <name>Nitric oxide synthase, inducible</name>
  <uniprot-id>P35228</uniprot-id>
  <uniprot-name>NOS2_HUMAN</uniprot-name>
  <enzyme type="boolean">true</enzyme>
  <transporter type="boolean">true</transporter>
  <protein-type>Enzyme</protein-type>
  <organism>Homo_sapiens</organism>
  <gene-name>NOS2</gene-name>
  <num-residues type="integer">1153</num-residues>
  <molecular-weight type="decimal">131116.3</molecular-weight>
  <theoretical-pi type="decimal">7.954</theoretical-pi>
  <general-function>Involved in oxidoreductase activity</general-function>
  <specific-function>Produces nitric oxide (NO) which is a messenger molecule with diverse functions throughout the body. In macrophages, NO mediates tumoricidal and bactericidal actions. Also has nitrosylase activity and mediates cysteine S-nitrosylation of cytoplasmic target proteins such COX2.
</specific-function>
  <signal-regions type="array"/>
  <transmembrane-regions type="array"/>
  <pdb-ids>1NSI;2LL6;2NSI;3E7G;3EJ8;3HR4;4NOS</pdb-ids>
  <genbank-gene-id>L24553</genbank-gene-id>
  <genbank-protein-id>24041029</genbank-protein-id>
  <genecard-id>NOS2</genecard-id>
  <chromosome-location>17</chromosome-location>
  <locus>17q11.2-q12</locus>
  <geneatlas-id>NOS2</geneatlas-id>
  <hgnc-id>HGNC:7873</hgnc-id>
  <export type="boolean">true</export>
  <comment nil="true"/>
  <kegg-id>hsa:4843</kegg-id>
  <meta-cyc-id>HS00205-MONOMER</meta-cyc-id>
  <ncbi-sequence-ids>NP_000616.3:NM_000625.4</ncbi-sequence-ids>
  <tissue-specificity>Expressed in the liver, retina, bone cells and airway epithelial cells of the lung. Not expressed in the platelets.
</tissue-specificity>
  <cofactor>Heme group;FAD;FMN;Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). May stabilize the dimeric form of the enzyme</cofactor>
  <subunit>Homodimer. Binds SLC9A3R1
</subunit>
  <cellular-location nil="true"/>
  <ec-number nil="true"/>
  <created-at type="dateTime">2020-06-12T23:06:52Z</created-at>
  <updated-at type="dateTime">2020-07-28T02:26:06Z</updated-at>
  <description nil="true"/>
  <receptor type="integer">0</receptor>
  <metal-binding type="integer">1</metal-binding>
  <trans-factor type="integer">0</trans-factor>
</protein>

