The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Nitric Oxide Synthase across different species:

nitric oxide synthase 2, inducible (NOS2), nitric oxide synthase 2, inducible (Nos2), Nitric oxide synthase (Nos), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), nitric oxide synthase (Nos), nitric oxide synthase (NOS1), inducible nitric oxide synthase (nos2)

Other aliases include:

NOS, INOS, NOS2A, HEP-NOS, iNOS, Nos-2, Nos2a, i-NOS, NOS-II, iNos, CG6713, DmelCG6713, dNOS, DNOS, DNOS1, drNOSoxy, NOS2, GB18010, Nos, BmNOS, iNOS-LP, NOS1, nos2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Nitric Oxide Synthase:

nitric oxide synthase 2A – NOS, type II – nitric oxide synthase, macrophage – nitric oxide synthase 2A (inducible, hepatocytes) – nitric oxide synthase, inducible – MAC-NOS – NOS type II – inducible NOS – macrophage NOS – OTTMUSP00000000202 – inducible NO synthase – inducible nitric oxide synthase – nitric oxide synthase 2, inducible, macrophage – nitric oxide synthase, isoform B – CG6713-PB – Nos-PB – nitric oixide synthase – nitric oxide synthase – nitric oxide synthase, isoform C – CG6713-PC – Nos-PC – nitric oxide synthase, isoform I – CG6713-PI – Nos-PI – nitric oxide synthase, isoform J – CG6713-PJ – Nos-PJ – nitric oxide synthase, isoform E – CG6713-PE – Nos-PE – nitric oxide synthase, isoform F – CG6713-PF – Nos-PF – nitric oxide synthase, isoform G – CG6713-PG – Nos-PG – nitric oxide synthase, isoform H – CG6713-PH – Nos-PH – nitric oxide synthase, isoform A – CG6713-PA – Nos-PA – nitric oxide synthase, isoform D – CG6713-PD – Nos-PD – Nitric oxide synthase, inducible – inducible nitric oxide synthase-like protein – nitric oxide synthase 2, inducible – iNOS

Nitric Oxide Synthase fulfills a number of functions:

FAD binding – FMN binding – NADP or NADPH binding – arginine binding – cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulator activity – calcium ion binding – calmodulin binding – electron carrier activity – heme binding – nitric-oxide synthase activity – oxidoreductase activity – protein homodimerization activity – tetrahydrobiopterin binding – zinc ion binding – iron ion binding – metal ion binding – protein binding – amino acid binding

Nitric Oxide Synthase is relevant to the following processes:

G-protein signaling, coupled to cGMP nucleotide second messenger – arginine catabolic process – blood vessel remodeling – defense response to Gram-negative bacterium – endothelial cell proliferation – innate immune response in mucosa – nitric oxide biosynthetic process – oxidation reduction – positive regulation of killing of cells of another organism – positive regulation of leukocyte mediated cytotoxicity – protein kinase cascade – regulation of blood pressure – regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of cellular respiration – regulation of heart contraction – regulation of insulin secretion – response to hypoxia – retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway – signal transduction – superoxide metabolic process – cGMP-mediated signaling – defense response to bacterium – inflammatory response – intracellular protein kinase cascade – ovulation from ovarian follicle – aging – response to lipopolysaccharide – defense response – imaginal disc development – negative regulation of DNA replication – negative regulation of cell proliferation – nervous system development – regulation of organ growth – synapse assembly

Locations for Nitric Oxide Synthase:

cortical cytoskeleton – cytoplasm – cytosol – intracellular – nucleus – perinuclear region of cytoplasm – peroxisome – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology