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    MAOA monoamine oxidase A [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

    Gene ID: 4128, updated on 10-Jun-2013
    Official Symbol
    MAOAprovided by HGNC
    Official Full Name
    monoamine oxidase Aprovided by HGNC
    Primary source
    HGNC:6833
    Locus tag
    RP1-201D17__B.2
    See related
    HPRD:02400; MIM:309850
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    REVIEWED
    Organism
    Homo sapiens
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
    Also known as
    MAO-A
    Summary
    This gene is one of two neighboring gene family members that encode mitochondrial enzymes which catalyze the oxidative deamination of amines, such as dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. Mutation of this gene results in Brunner syndrome. This gene has also been associated with a variety of other psychiatric disorders, including antisocial behavior. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2012]
    Location :
    Xp11.3
    Sequence :
    Chromosome: X; NC_000023.10 (43514155..43606071)
    See MAOA in Epigenomics, MapViewer

    Chromosome X - NC_000023.10Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene IMP (inosine monophosphate) dehydrogenase 1 pseudogene 4 Neighboring gene Nanog homeobox pseudogene 10 Neighboring gene monoamine oxidase B Neighboring gene Norrie disease (pseudoglioma)

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions What's a GeneRIF?

    Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description
    P21397 P21397 MAOA    HPRD  PubMed  
    P21397 Q92597 NDRG1    HPRD  PubMed  
    BioGRID:110301 BioGRID:115669 NDRG1    BioGRID  PubMed Affinity Capture-MS 
    BioGRID:110301 BioGRID:113164 UBC    BioGRID  PubMed Affinity Capture-MS; Affinity Capture-Western 
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    • Alcoholism, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      Alcoholism, conserved biosystemAlcoholism, also called dependence on alcohol (ethanol), is a chronic relapsing disorder that is progressive and has serious detrimental health outcomes. As one of the primary mediators of the reward...
    • Amine Oxidase reactions, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
      Amine Oxidase reactions, organism-specific biosystemHuman amine oxidases (AO) catalyze the oxidative deamination of biogenic amines (neurotransmitters such as serotonin, noradrenaline, the hormone adrenaline and polyamines such as the spermines) and x...
    • Amphetamine addiction, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
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    • Amphetamine addiction, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
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      Arginine and proline metabolism, organism-specific biosystem
      Arginine and proline metabolism
    • Arginine and proline metabolism, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      Arginine and proline metabolism, conserved biosystem
      Arginine and proline metabolism
    • Biogenic Amine Synthesis, organism-specific biosystem (from WikiPathways)
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    • Biological oxidations, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
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    • Cocaine addiction, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
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    • Cocaine addiction, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
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    • Dopamine clearance from the synaptic cleft, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
      Dopamine clearance from the synaptic cleft, organism-specific biosystemThe human gene SLC6A3 encodes the sodium-dependent dopamine transporter, DAT which mediates the re-uptake of dopamine from the synaptic cleft (Vandenbergh DJ et al, 2000). Dopamine can then be degrad...
    • Dopaminergic synapse, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
      Dopaminergic synapse, organism-specific biosystemDopamine (DA) is an important and prototypical slow neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain, where it controls a variety of functions including locomotor activity, motivation and reward, learning an...
    • Dopaminergic synapse, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      Dopaminergic synapse, conserved biosystemDopamine (DA) is an important and prototypical slow neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain, where it controls a variety of functions including locomotor activity, motivation and reward, learning an...
    • Drug metabolism - cytochrome P450, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
      Drug metabolism - cytochrome P450, organism-specific biosystem
      Drug metabolism - cytochrome P450
    • Drug metabolism - cytochrome P450, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      Drug metabolism - cytochrome P450, conserved biosystem
      Drug metabolism - cytochrome P450
    • Enzymatic degradation of Dopamine by monoamine oxidase, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
      Enzymatic degradation of Dopamine by monoamine oxidase, organism-specific biosystemAlternately dopamine is metabolized to homovanillic acid in a two-step reaction in which dopamine is first oxidized to 3,4-dihydroxypheylacetic acid (DOPAC) and then converted to homovanillic acid by...
    • Enzymatic degradation of dopamine by COMT, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
      Enzymatic degradation of dopamine by COMT, organism-specific biosystemDopamine once taken up by the dopamine transporter from the extracellular space into the cytosol is metabolized in a two step reaction to homovanillic acid.The first reaction is catalyzed by catechol...
    • GABA biosynthesis, eukaryotes, putrescine => GABA, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
      GABA biosynthesis, eukaryotes, putrescine => GABA, organism-specific biosystemPathway module; Nucleotide and amino acid metabolism; Polyamine biosynthesis
    • GABA biosynthesis, eukaryotes, putrescine => GABA, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      GABA biosynthesis, eukaryotes, putrescine => GABA, conserved biosystemPathway module; Nucleotide and amino acid metabolism; Polyamine biosynthesis
    • Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
      Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, organism-specific biosystemSerine is derived from 3-phospho-D-glycerate, an intermediate of glycolysis [MD:M00020], and glycine is derived from serine. Threonine is an essential amino acid, which animals cannot synthesize. In ...
    • Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, conserved biosystemSerine is derived from 3-phospho-D-glycerate, an intermediate of glycolysis [MD:M00020], and glycine is derived from serine. Threonine is an essential amino acid, which animals cannot synthesize. In ...
    • Histidine metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
      Histidine metabolism, organism-specific biosystem
      Histidine metabolism
    • Histidine metabolism, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      Histidine metabolism, conserved biosystem
      Histidine metabolism
    • Metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
      Metabolism, organism-specific biosystemMetabolic processes in human cells generate energy through the oxidation of molecules consumed in the diet and mediate the synthesis of diverse essential molecules not taken in the diet as well as th...
    • Metabolism of serotonin, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
      Metabolism of serotonin, organism-specific biosystemSerotonin is first metabolized to 5-hydroxyindole acetaldehyde by monoamine oxidase. 5-hydroxyindole acetaldehyde is then catalyzed by aldehyde dehydrogenase to form 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid.
    • Monoamines are oxidized to aldehydes by MAOA and MAOB, producing NH3 and H2O2, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
      Monoamines are oxidized to aldehydes by MAOA and MAOB, producing NH3 and H2O2, organism-specific biosystemHuman monoamine oxidases (MAOs) are flavin-containing enzymes that are present on the outer mitochondrial membrane and act on primary, secondary and tertiary amines. In contrast to the P450s which ha...
    • Neuronal System, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
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    • Neurotransmitter Clearance In The Synaptic Cleft, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
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    • Neurotransmitter Release Cycle, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
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    • Norepinephrine Neurotransmitter Release Cycle, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
      Norepinephrine Neurotransmitter Release Cycle, organism-specific biosystemNoradrenalin release cycle consists of reacidification of the empty clathrin sculpted monoamine transport vesicle, loading of dopamine into reacidified clathrin coated monamine transport vesicle, con...
    • Oxidative Stress, organism-specific biosystem (from WikiPathways)
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    • Phase 1 - Functionalization of compounds, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
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    • Phenylalanine metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
      Phenylalanine metabolism, organism-specific biosystem
      Phenylalanine metabolism
    • Phenylalanine metabolism, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      Phenylalanine metabolism, conserved biosystem
      Phenylalanine metabolism
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    • Tryptophan metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
      Tryptophan metabolism, organism-specific biosystem
      Tryptophan metabolism
    • Tryptophan metabolism, conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
      Tryptophan metabolism, conserved biosystem
      Tryptophan metabolism
    • Tyrosine metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
      Tyrosine metabolism, organism-specific biosystem
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    • noradrenaline and adrenaline degradation, organism-specific biosystem (from BIOCYC)
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    • serotonin degradation, conserved biosystem (from BIOCYC)
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    • superpathway of melatonin degradation, organism-specific biosystem (from BIOCYC)
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    • tryptophan degradation X (mammalian, via tryptamine), organism-specific biosystem (from BIOCYC)
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    Markers

    Homology

    Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    primary amine oxidase activity TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    behavior TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    cellular biogenic amine metabolic process TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    dopamine catabolic process IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    neurotransmitter biosynthetic process TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    neurotransmitter catabolic process IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    neurotransmitter secretion TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    small molecule metabolic process TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    synaptic transmission TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    xenobiotic metabolic process TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    integral to membrane IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    mitochondrial outer membrane TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    Preferred Names
    amine oxidase [flavin-containing] A
    Names
    amine oxidase [flavin-containing] A
    monoamine oxidase type A
    NP_000231.1
    NP_001257387.1

    RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

    These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

    These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

    Genomic

    1. NG_008957.1 RefSeqGene

      Range
      3747..95663
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_000240.3NP_000231.1  amine oxidase [flavin-containing] A isoform 1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (1) encodes the longer isoform (1).
      Source sequence(s)
      AL109855, BC008064, BC044787, BX537148
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS14260.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      P21397
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      Q49A63
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      Q53YE7
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      pfam01593
      Location:24445
      Blast Score: 582
      Amino_oxidase; Flavin containing amine oxidoreductase
      pfam13450
      Location:2458
      Blast Score: 126
      NAD_binding_8; NAD(P)-binding Rossmann-like domain
    2. NM_001270458.1NP_001257387.1  amine oxidase [flavin-containing] A isoform 2

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (2) contains an alternate exon in the 5' UTR and uses a downstream, in-frame start codon compared to variant 1. It encodes isoform 2 which has a shorter N-terminus compared to isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AK293926, AL109855, BC044787, BX530072, BX537148
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS59163.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      P21397
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      Q49A63
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      pfam01593
      Location:12312
      Blast Score: 432
      Amino_oxidase; Flavin containing amine oxidoreductase

    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: Homo sapiens Annotation Release 104

    The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

    Reference GRCh37.p10 Primary Assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_000023.10 Reference GRCh37.p10 Primary Assembly

      Range
      43514155..43606071
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    Alternate HuRef

    Genomic

    1. AC_000155.1 Alternate HuRef

      Range
      41244782..41335636
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    Alternate CHM1_1.0

    Genomic

    1. NC_018934.1 Alternate CHM1_1.0

      Range
      43432695..43524606
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

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