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Human P450s involved in drug metabolism and the use of structural modelling for understanding substrate selectivity
1Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. d.lewis@surrey.ac.uk
Abstract:
The human cytochrome P450 enzymes and their substrates are reviewed, together with current knowledge on the three-dimensional structures of P450s obtained from X-ray crystallographic studies and from homology modelling based on mammalian P450 template crystal structures. There is a particular focus on human Phase 1 drug metabolism mediated by P450s, and a rationalization of their substrate selectivities and binding strengths in terms of lipophilicity and active site interactions. The combination of molecular modelling and quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) studies facilitates understanding of the factors which determine substrate selectivity and binding to the human drug-metabolizing P450s.
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