Reaction: 4-(hydroxyamino)quinoline N-oxide + 2 NAD(P)+ + H2O = 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide + 2 NAD(P)H + 2 H+
Other name(s): 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide reductase; 4NQO reductase; NAD(P)H2:4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide oxidoreductase
Systematic name: 4-(hydroxyamino)quinoline N-oxide:NADP+ oxidoreductase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 37256-35-2
References:
1. Toriyama, N. [Metabolism of quinoline derivatives. On the reducing enzyme of 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide] Nichidai Igaku Zasshi 24 (1965) 423-432. (in Japanese)
2. Stanley, J.S., York, J.L. and Benson AM. Nitroreductases and glutathione transferases that act on 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide and their differential induction by butylated hydroxyanisole in mice. Cancer Res. 52 (1992) 58-63. [PMID: 1370076]