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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Guengerich FP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7217708 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemico-biological interactions 20200318
Cytochrome P450 (P450) 2E1 is the major P450 enzyme involved in ethanol metabolism. That role is shared with two other enzymes that oxidize ethanol, alcohol dehydrogenase and catalase. P450 2E1 is also involved in the bioactivation of a number of low molecular weight cancer suspects, as validated in vivo in mouse models where cancers could be attenuated by deletion of Cyp2e1. P450 2E1 does not have a role in global production of reactive oxygen species but localized roles are possible, e.g. in m ...[more]