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. 2024 Nov 16;13(22):1894. doi: 10.3390/cells13221894

Table 2.

Main differences between IDO1 and IDO2 in humans.

hIDO1 hIDO2 Reference
Tissue mRNA expression in physiological conditions Lung endothelial cells,
secondary lymphoid organs,
placenta
Liver, placenta [37,78]
Regulatory stimuli IFNγ, PGE2, LPS, IL-1β,
IL-6, TGFβ, spermidine
IFNγ, IL-10, PGE2, LPS [68,71,72,73,75,76]
L-Trp binding affinity (Km) 20.90 ± 3.91 μM 6809 ± 917 μM
9360 ± 810 μM
[28,29]
L-Trp catalytic constant (Kcat) 2.97 ± 0.20 s−1 0.103 ± 0.006 s−1 [28]
ITIM consensus motif ITIM1 ITIM1 [21,24,46]
VPY(111)CQL IFY(231)AGI
ITIM2 ITIM2
LVY(249)EGF LMY(253)EGV
YENM (PI3K binding motif) Y(145)ENM Absent [22,46]
Molecular binding partner SHP1 Absent [21,22,23,24]
SHP2 Absent
SOCS3 Absent
PI3K Absent
Physiological role Immune regulation via Trp-catalysis
and signaling function
Not defined,
low Trp enzymatic activity
[5,21,70]