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SUBMITTER: Pikuleva IA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3682515 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pikuleva Irina A IA Waterman Michael R MR
The Journal of biological chemistry 20130430 24
The cytochrome P450 superfamily consists of a large number of heme-containing monooxygenases. Many human P450s metabolize drugs used to treat human diseases. Others are necessary for synthesis of endogenous compounds essential for human physiology. In some instances, alterations in specific P450s affect the biological processes that they mediate and lead to a disease. In this minireview, we describe medically significant human P450s (from families 2, 4, 7, 11, 17, 19, 21, 24, 27, 46, and 51) and ...[more]