Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Structure of the core human NADPH oxidase NOX2

  • Sigrid Noreng,
  • Naruhisa Ota,
  • Yonglian Sun,
  • Hoangdung Ho,
  • Matthew Johnson,
  • Christopher P. Arthur,
  • Kellen Schneider,
  • Isabelle Lehoux,
  • Christopher W. Davies,
  • Kyle Mortara,
  • Kit Wong,
  • Dhaya Seshasayee,
  • Matthieu Masureel,
  • Jian Payandeh,
  • Tangsheng Yi,
  • James T. Koerber

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33711-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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NADPH oxidase NOX2 produces superoxide, a reactive oxygen species essential in innate immunity. Here, the authors reveal the structure of the NOX2 core, rationalize disease-causing mutations, and suggest avenues for selective NOX2 pharmacological modulation.