Human cytochrome P-450 PB-1: a multigene family involved in mephenytoin and steroid oxidations that maps to chromosome 10.
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Meehan RR, Gosden JR, Rout D, Hastie ND, Friedberg T, Adesnik M, Buckland R, van Heyningen V, Fletcher J, Spurr NK, et al.
Human cytochrome P-450 PB-1: a multigene family involved in mephenytoin and steroid oxidations that maps to chromosome 10.
Am J Hum Genet. 1988 Jan;42(1):26-37.
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The cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase system possesses catalytic activity toward many exogenous compounds (e.g., drugs, insecticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and endogenous compounds (e.g., steroids, fatty acids, and prostaglandins). Multiple forms of cytochrome P-450 with different substrate specificities have been isolated. In the present paper we report the isolation and sequence of a cDNA clone for the human hepatic cytochrome P-450 responsible for mephenytoin (an anticonvulsant) oxidation. The mephenytoin cytochrome P-450 is analogous to the rat cytochrome P-450 form termed PB-1 (family P450C2C). We also report that human PB-1 is encoded by one of a small family of related genes all of which map to human chromosome 10q24.1-10q24.3. The endogenous role of this enzyme appears to be in steroid oxidations. This cytochrome P-450 family does not correspond to any of the hepatic cytochrome P-450 gene families previously mapped in humans.