Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1
MESHD019392
An ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 enzyme that metabolizes several precarcinogens, drugs, and solvents to reactive metabolites. Substrates include ETHANOL; INHALATION ANESTHETICS; BENZENE; ACETAMINOPHEN and other low molecular weight compounds. CYP2E1 has been used as an enzyme marker in the study of alcohol abuse.
Synonyms
- Cytochrome P 450 CYP2E1
- CYPIIE1
- N-Nitrosodimethylamine Demethylase
- N Nitrosodimethylamine Demethylase
- Cytochrome P-450 (ALC)
- Cytochrome P-450-J
- Cytochrome P 450 J
- 4-Nitrophenol-2-Hydroxylase
- 4 Nitrophenol 2 Hydroxylase
- Dimethylnitrosamine N-Demethylase
- Dimethylnitrosamine N Demethylase
- Cytochrome P450 2E1
- CYP2E1
- CYP 2E1
- CYP IIE1
- Cytochrome P-450 IIE1
- Cytochrome P 450 IIE1
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