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SUBMITTER: Strandback E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027498 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Strandback Emilia E Lienhart Wolf-Dieter WD Hromic-Jahjefendic Altijana A Bourgeois Benjamin B Högler Anja A Waltenstorfer Daniel D Winkler Andreas A Zangger Klaus K Madl Tobias T Gruber Karl K Macheroux Peter P
FEBS letters 20191030 3
NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is a human FAD-dependent enzyme that plays a crucial role in the antioxidant defense system. A naturally occurring single-nucleotide polymorphism (NQO1*2) in the NQO1 gene leads to an amino acid substitution (P187S), which severely compromises the activity and stability of the enzyme. The NQO1*2 genotype has been linked to a higher risk for several types of cancer and poor survival rate after anthracycline-based chemotherapy. In this study, we show that a ...[more]