Medical Definition of Benzopyrene hydroxylase
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A drug-metabolizing, cytochrome p-448 (p-450) enzyme which catalyses the hydroxylation of benzopyrene to 3-hydroxybenzopyrene in the presence of reduced flavoprotein and molecular oxygen. Also acts on certain anthracene derivatives.
Registry number: EC 1.14.14.-
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benzopyrene Hydroxylase
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