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Preferred term

Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • 4-Nitrophenol-2-Hydroxylase
  • CYP 2E1
  • CYP2E1
  • CYP IIE1
  • CYPIIE1
  • Cytochrome P450 2E1
  • Cytochrome P-450 (ALC)
  • Cytochrome P-450 IIE1
  • Cytochrome P-450-J
  • Dimethylnitrosamine N-Demethylase
  • N-Nitrosodimethylamine Demethylase

In other languages

  • French

  • 4-nitrophénol-2-hydroxylase
  • CYP 2E1
  • CYP2E1
  • Cytochrome P450 2E1
  • Diméthylnitrosamine N-déméthylase

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