CYP2E1: Metabolizes several precarcinogens, drugs, and solvents to reactive metabolites. Inactivates a number of drugs and xenobiotics and also bioactivates many xenobiotic substrates to their hepatotoxic or carcinogenic forms. Belongs to the cytochrome P450 family.
Protein type: Oxidoreductase; Lipid Metabolism - arachidonic acid; Lipid Metabolism - linoleic acid; Endoplasmic reticulum; EC 1.14.13.n7; Xenobiotic Metabolism - drug metabolism - cytochrome P450; Mitochondrial; Xenobiotic Metabolism - metabolism by cytochrome P450
Cellular Component: Golgi membrane; intrinsic to endoplasmic reticulum membrane; intracellular membrane-bound organelle; membrane; mitochondrion; endoplasmic reticulum
Molecular Function: 3-(3-hydroxy-phenyl)propionate hydroxylase activity; toluene-sulfonate methyl-monooxygenase activity; xylene monooxygenase activity; chlorophenol 4-monooxygenase activity; 6-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline 6-monooxygenase activity; metal ion binding; oxidoreductase activity; carbon disulfide oxygenase activity; toluene 4-monooxygenase activity; phenanthrene 9,10-monooxygenase activity; 1-hydroxy-2-oxolimonene 1,2-monooxygenase activity; 2-hydroxy-phenylacetate hydroxylase activity; 4-chlorobenzaldehyde oxidase activity; enzyme binding; 2-oxo-delta3-4,5,5-trimethylcyclopentenylacetyl-CoA 1,2-monooxygenase activity; oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen; limonene monooxygenase activity; dibenzothiophene monooxygenase activity; 3,5-xylenol methylhydroxylase activity; phenanthrene 1,2-monooxygenase activity; 3-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline 6-monooxygenase activity; toluene 3-monooxygenase activity; styrene monooxygenase activity; monooxygenase activity; dimethyl sulfide monooxygenase activity; 4-hydroxyphenylacetate 3-monooxygenase activity; 4-nitrophenol 4-monooxygenase activity; 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate hydroxylase activity; toluene-4-sulfonate monooxygenase activity; oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, reduced flavin or flavoprotein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen; tetrahydrofuran hydroxylase activity; oxygen binding; phenylacetate hydroxylase activity; toluene 2-monooxygenase activity; iron ion binding; 6-hydroxynicotinate 3-monooxygenase activity; heme binding; arachidonic acid epoxygenase activity; phenanthrene 3,4-monooxygenase activity; alpha-pinene monooxygenase [NADH] activity; steroid hydroxylase activity; 2-octaprenyl-3-methyl-6-methoxy-1,4-benzoquinol hydroxylase
Biological Process: steroid metabolic process; triacylglycerol metabolic process; xenobiotic metabolic process; exogenous drug catabolic process; monoterpenoid metabolic process; epoxygenase P450 pathway; heterocycle metabolic process; drug metabolic process
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