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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Jun;106(3):357–387. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2005.01.001

Table 1.

Mammalian FMOs purified or expressed

Species FMO Purified or expressed Reference
FMO1
Dog 1 Expressed—baculovirus Stevens et al., 2003
Human 1 (wild-type) plus four allelic variants Expressed—baculovirus Furnes & Schlenk, 2004
Human 1 Expressed—baculovirus Yeung et al., 2000
Mouse 1, 3a Purified—kidney Venkatesh et al., 1991a, 1991b
Mouse Liver Purified Smyser et al., 1985
Mouse 1 and 5a Expressed—E. coli Cherrington et al., 1998
Pig 1 Purified Ziegler & Mitchell, 1972
Pig 1 Expressed—E. coli Lomri et al., 1993
Rabbit 1, 2, 3, 5 E. coli Rettie et al., 1994
Rabbit 1 Expressed—Cos-1 cells Lawton et al., 1991
Rabbit 1, 3 Purified—liver Ozols, 1991, 1994
Rat 1 Expressed—yeast Chiba et al., 1995
Rat 1 and 3a Purified—liver Krause et al., 1996
Rat 1 Expressed—yeast Itoh et al., 1993
Rat Purified—liver Kimura et al., 1983
Sheep 1, 3a Purified—liver Longin-Sauvageon et al., 1998
FMO2
Human 2 Expressed—baculovirus Dolphin et al., 1998
Human 2 (wild-type) plus five allelic variants Expressed—baculovirus Krueger et al., 2002a, in press
Monkey 2 Expressed—baculovirus Krueger et al., 2001
Mouse Purified—lung and liver Tynes et al., 1985
Mouse 2 Expressed—E. coli Karoly & Rose, 2001
Mouse Lung Purified Venkatesh et al., 1992
Rabbit 2 Purified—lung Williams et al., 1984, 1985
Rabbit 2 Purified—lung and liver Tynes et al., 1985
Rabbit 2 Expressed—COS-1 cells Lawton et al., 1991
Rabbit 2 Expressed—baculovirus Krueger et al., 2001
Rabbit 3 (1C1) Expressed—E. coli Atta-Asafo-Adjei et al., 1993
Rat 2b Expressed—E. coli Lattard et al., 2002
FMO3
Human 3 Expressed—E. coli fusion Brunelle et al., 1997
Human 3 Expressed—baculovirus Haining et al., 1997
Human 3 (wild-type) plus three allelic variants Expressed—baculovirus Furnes & Schlenk, 2004
Monkey 3 Purified—liver Sadeque et al., 1993
Monkey 3 Purified—liver Rettie et al., 1995
Mouse 3 Expressed—E. coli Falls et al., 1997
Rat 3 Purified—liver Moroni et al., 1995b
FMO4 and FMO5
Human 4 (modified) Expressed—E. coli Itagaki et al., 1996
Human ? Purified—brain Bhagwat et al., 1996a
Guinea Pig 5 Expressed—E. coli Overby et al., 1995
Human 5 Expressed—E. coli Overby et al., 1995
a

FMO enzyme identity not definitively established.

b

Rat FMO2 is truncated and enzymatically inactive.