Gene Review:
CYP2U1 - cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily U,...
Homo sapiens
Synonyms:
Cytochrome P450 2U1, P450TEC, SPG49, SPG56
- CYP2U1, a novel human thymus- and brain-specific cytochrome P450, catalyzes omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation of fatty acids. Chuang, S.S., Helvig, C., Taimi, M., Ramshaw, H.A., Collop, A.H., Amad, M., White, J.A., Petkovich, M., Jones, G., Korczak, B. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- Characterization and tissue distribution of a novel human cytochrome P450-CYP2U1. Karlgren, M., Backlund, M., Johansson, I., Oscarson, M., Ingelman-Sundberg, M. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2004)
- 'Frankenstein genes', or the Mad Magazine version of the human pseudogenome. Nelson, D.R. Human genomics. (2004)
- Comparison of P450s from human and fugu: 420 million years of vertebrate P450 evolution. Nelson, D.R. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (2003)