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Preferred term

Benzopyrene Hydroxylase  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A drug-metabolizing, cytochrome P-448 (P-450) enzyme which catalyzes the hydroxylation of benzopyrene to 3-hydroxybenzopyrene in the presence of reduced flavoprotein and molecular oxygen. Also acts on certain anthracene derivatives. An aspect of EC 1.14.14.1.

Synonym(s)

  • Benzo(a)pyrene Hydroxylase
  • Benzo(a)pyrene Monooxygenase
  • Benzopyrene-3-Monooxygenase

In other languages

  • French

  • Benzo(a)pyrène hydroxylase
  • Benzo(a)pyrène monooxygénase
  • Benzopyrène hydroxylase

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MGPCJSVN-0

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