Structure and protein-protein interactions of human UDP-glucuronosyltransferases

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Fujiwara, Ryoichi ^a   Yokoi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Nakajima, Miki ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug metabolizing enzymes; Glucuronidation; Glucuronides; Protein protein interactions; UDP glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A10; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A3; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A4; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A5; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A6; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A7; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A8; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A9; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B10; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B11; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B15; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B17; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B28; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B4; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B7; MICROSOMAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLUCURONIDATION; HOMOLOGY MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UGT GENE;

EID: 84995426440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00388     Document Type: Review

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