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A Frameshift Mutation and Alternate Splicing in Human Brain Generate a Functional Form of the Pseudogene Cytochrome P4502D7 That Demethylates Codeine to Morphine
1 Jun 2004
Abstract excerpt
A frameshift mutation 138delT generates an open reading frame in the pseudogene, cytochrome P4502D7 (CYP2D7), and an alternate spliced functional transcript of CYP2D7 containing partial inclusion of intron 6 was identified in human brain but not in liver or kidney from the same individual. mRNA and protein of the brain variant CYP2D7 were detected in 6 of 12 human autopsy brains. Genotyping revealed the presence...
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