The enzymatic formation nitric oxide (NO) by nitric oxide synthetase (NOS)

FAD: flavin adenine dinucleotide; FMN: flavin mononucleotide; NADPH: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate; NO: nitric oxide; NOS: nitric oxide synthetase; RS-NO: S-nitrosothiols.

Reproduced with permission from Gaston, B, Drazen, JM, Loscalzo, J, Stamler, J, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 149:538.

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