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Preferred term

Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A major cytochrome P-450 enzyme which is inducible by PHENOBARBITAL in both the LIVER and SMALL INTESTINE. It is active in the metabolism of compounds like pentoxyresorufin, TESTOSTERONE, and ANDROSTENEDIONE. This enzyme, encoded by CYP2B1 gene, also mediates the activation of CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE and IFOSFAMIDE to MUTAGENS.

Entry terms

  • 7-Benzyloxyresorufin O-Dealkylase
  • 7-Pentylresorufin O-Depentylase
  • Benzyloxyresorufin O-Dealkylase
  • BROD
  • CYP 2B1
  • CYP2B1
  • Cytochrome P450 2B1
  • Pentoxyresorufin O-Dealkylase
  • PROD

In other languages

  • French

  • Benzyloxyrésorufine O-désalkylase
  • BROD
  • CYP 2B1
  • CYP2B1
  • Cytochrome P450 2B1
  • Pentoxyrésorufine O-désalkylase
  • PROD

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