Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase

IDO Dioxygenase; Indolamine-2,3-Dioxygenase; Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase; Indoleamine-Oxygen 2,3-Oxidoreductase (Decyclizing); Dioxygenase, IDO; Indolamine 2,3 Dioxygenase; Indoleamine 2,3 Dioxygenase
A dioxygenase with specificity for the oxidation of the indoleamine ring of TRYPTOPHAN. It is an extrahepatic enzyme that plays a role in metabolism as the first and rate limiting enzyme in the kynurenine pathway of TRYPTOPHAN catabolism.