MeSH definition : An ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 enzyme that metabolizes several precarcinogens,
drugs, and solvents to reactive metabolites. Substrates include ETHANOL; INHALATION
ANESTHETICS; BENZENE; ACETAMINOPHEN and other low molecular weight compounds. CYP2E1
has been used as an enzyme marker in the study of alcohol abuse.;
MeSH synonym : cyp 2e1; cyp2e1; cytochrome p450 2e1; cytochrome p-450-j; n nitrosodimethylamine demethylase; 4 nitrophenol 2 hydroxylase; cytochrome p-450 iie1; cytochrome p 450 iie1; cyp iie1; n-nitrosodimethylamine demethylase; cytochrome p-450 (alc); cytochrome p 450 j; 4-nitrophenol-2-hydroxylase; dimethylnitrosamine n-demethylase; dimethylnitrosamine n demethylase; cypiie1; cytochrome P 450 CYP2E1;
Registry Number MeSH : EC 1.14.14.1; EC 1.14.13.-;
MeSH annotation : do not confuse with other cytochrome P-450 CYP's;
An ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 enzyme that metabolizes several precarcinogens,
drugs, and solvents to reactive metabolites. Substrates include ETHANOL; INHALATION
ANESTHETICS; BENZENE; ACETAMINOPHEN and other low molecular weight compounds. CYP2E1
has been used as an enzyme marker in the study of alcohol abuse.