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. 2014 Jun 10;20(17):2815–2837. doi: 10.1089/ars.2013.5703

Table 1.

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidase Isoforms, Subunits, and Expression

Enzyme Subunits/motifs Detected product Activity High-level tissue expression Putative involvement in CNS function and disease
NOX1 p22phox (M) O2−• Low basal activity phosphorylation-dependent translocation of cytosolic subunits Colon Cell death of dopaminergic neurons in PD
  NOXO1 (C)     Vascular smooth muscle cells Endothelial cells  
  NOXA1 (C)        
  RAC1 (C)        
  TKS4/5 (C)        
  PDI        
NOX2 p22phox (M) O2−• Low basal activity phosphorylation-dependent translocation of cytosolic subunits Phagocytes Synaptic connectivity
  p47phox (C)     Vascular/endothelial cells Microglia proliferation and function
  p67phox (C)       Neural stem cell proliferation
  p40phox (C)       Neurotransmitter release
  RAC1/2 (C)        
  6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6GPH)        
  S100A8        
  PDI        
  Peroxiredoxin 6        
NOX3 p22phox (M) O2−• Unclear Inner ear Otoconia formation
  NOXO1 (C)        
  RAC1 (C)        
NOX4 p22phox (M) H2O2 Constitutive activity Kidney Neuronal expression increased after stroke
  POLDIP2 (C)     Endothelial cells  
  TKS4/5 (C)     Fibroblast  
  PDI     Cardiac myocytes  
        Vascular smooth muscle cells  
NOX5 EF-hand domains O2−• Intracellular Ca2+ phosphorylation Testis Unknown
  Calmodulin     Lymph node  
  Hsp90        
DUOX1 DUOXA1(M) H2O2 Intracellular Ca2+ phosphorylation Thyroid gland Unknown
  DUOXA2(M)     Respiratory tract  
  EF-hand domains        
DUOX2 DUOXA1(M) H2O2 Intracellular Ca2+ phosphorylation Thyroid gland Unknown
  DUOXA2 (M)        
  EF-hand domains        

C, cytosol; M, membrane.

CNS, central nervous system; DUOX, dual oxidase; NOX, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-dependent oxidase; PD, Parkinson disease; PDI, protein disulfide isomerase.