Name: | Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 |
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Description: | An ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 enzyme that metabolizes several precarcinogens, drugs, and solvents to reactive metabolites. Substrates include alcohol; NITROSAMINES; BENZENE; URETHANE; and other low molecular weight compounds. CYP2E1 has been used as an enzyme marker in the study of alcohol abuse. |
Synonyms: |
4-Nitrophenol-2-Hydroxylase; 4 Nitrophenol 2 Hydroxylase; CYPIIE1; Cytochrome P 450 CYP2E1; Cytochrome P-450 (ALC); CYP 2E1; Cytochrome P-450-J; CYP IIE1; Cytochrome P 450 J; Dimethylnitrosamine N-Demethylase.
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