DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating AFMID and familial hypertryptophanemia

AFMID [ENSP00000328938]

Kynurenine formamidase; Catalyzes the hydrolysis of N-formyl-L-kynurenine to L- kynurenine, the second step in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation. Kynurenine may be further oxidized to nicotinic acid, NAD(H) and NADP(H). Required for elimination of toxic metabolites.

Synonyms:  AFMID,  K7EIX3,  K7EK09,  K7ELV9,  K7EMI4 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt