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SUBMITTER: Cox PM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4191608 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cox Philip M PM Bumpus Namandjé N NN
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20140904 10
Cytochrome P450 2B6 (CYP2B6) is primarily responsible for the metabolism of the anti-HIV drug efavirenz (EFV). We set out to explore the molecular basis for CYP2B6 activity toward EFV by examining the metabolism of eight EFV analogues. cDNA-expressed CYP2B6 formed monooxygenated metabolites from EFV analogues containing an intact oxazinone or oxazine ring, but not from analogues with a disrupted ring, suggesting this ring is important for metabolism of EFV by CYP2B6. Subsequent substrate depleti ...[more]