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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Oxygenases > Mixed Function Oxygenases > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases > Benzopyrene Hydroxylase
Enzymes and Coenzymes > Cytochromes > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases > Benzopyrene Hydroxylase
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Hemeproteins > Cytochromes > Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System > Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases > Benzopyrene Hydroxylase

Preferred term

Benzopyrene Hydroxylase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

Note

  • a cytochrome

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES 1977-90; was see under HYDROXYLASES 1975-76

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001579

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