Open AccessThe cytochrome r-450 system and diabetes
Author(s) -
И. Е. Ковалев,
E. I. Rumyantseva
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl11839
Subject(s) - superfamily , creatures , cytochrome , heme , biochemistry , biology , enzyme , computational biology , chemistry , gene , natural (archaeology) , paleontology
All living creatures from the microbe to humans are endowed with heme-containing enzymes belonging to the superfamily of cytochrome P-450. This superfamily, as has now been established, includes more than 300 isoforms capable of catalyzing at least 60 types of enzymatic reactions with hundreds of thousands of chemical structures [39]. This superfamily of cytochrome P-450 is evolutionarily very ancient and, according to available estimates, exists in wildlife for more than 3.5 billion years [39].