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Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Simplified scheme of tryptophan metabolism in mammals. Note that only the main products are marked on the diagram. The compounds and enzymes analyzed in the publication are shown in red. IDO–indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase; KATs—kynurenine aminotransferases; TDO–tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase.