Volume 4, Issue 3 pp. 257-405
Review

The Biochemistry of Drug Metabolism – An Introduction

Part 2. Redox Reactions and Their Enzymes

Bernard Testa

Bernard Testa

Department of Pharmacy, University Hospital Centre (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon, CH-1011 Lausanne

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Stefanie D. Krämer

Stefanie D. Krämer

Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH-Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zurich

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First published: 19 March 2007
Citations: 136

Abstract

This review continues a general presentation of the metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotics started in a recent issue of Chemistry & Biodiversity. This Part 2 presents the numerous oxidoreductases involved, their nomenclature, relevant biochemical properties, catalytic mechanisms, and the very diverse reactions they catalyze. Many medicinally, environmentally, and toxicologically relevant examples are presented and discussed. Cytochromes P450 occupy a majority of the pages of Part 2, but a large number of relevant oxidoreductases are also considered, e.g., flavin-containing monooxygenases, amine oxidases, molybdenum hydroxylases, peroxidases, and the innumerable dehydrogenases/reductases.

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