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Research/review: Insights into the mutation-induced dysfunction of arachidonic acid metabolism from modeling of human CYP2J2.
Current drug metabolism - 1 Jan 2014
Xia Xiao-Le, Fa Bo-Tao, Cong Shan, Wang Jing-Fang, Chou Kuo-Chen
Abstract excerpt
As a kind of monooxygenase with the function of catalyzing many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids, CYP2J2 is an important member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily. Located at the endoplasmic reticulum, CYP2J2 is responsible for epoxidation of endogenous arachidonic acid in cardiac tissue to produce cis-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), which have...
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