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Molecular evolution of the CYP2D subfamily in primates: purifying selection on substrate recognition sites without the frequent or long-tract gene conversion.
Genome biology and evolution - 25 Mar 2015
Yasukochi Yoshiki, Satta Yoko
Abstract excerpt
The human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6 gene is a member of the CYP2D gene subfamily, along with the CYP2D7P and CYP2D8P pseudogenes. Although the CYP2D6 enzyme has been studied extensively because of its clinical importance, the evolution of the CYP2D subfamily has not yet been fully understood. Therefore, the goal of this study was to reveal the evolutionary process of the human drug metabolic system. Here, we...
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