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. 2006 Oct;19(4):763–787. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00059-05

TABLE 4.

Major human drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymesa

CYP Chromosome Expression Relative protein abundance in liver (%) % of drugs metabolized by enzyme (antifungal drugs) Major variant allele(s) Mutation Consequence
CYP1A1 15q22-q24 Inducible <1 CYP1A1*2A&B 3801T>C I462V Increased inducibility Increased activity
CYP1A2 15q22qter Inducible 8-15 11 (terbinafine) CYP1A2*1F −164C>A Higher inducibility
CYP2A6 19q13.2 Constitutive 5-12 3 CYP2A6*2 L160H Inactive enzyme
CYP2A6*4 Gene deletion No enzyme
CYP2A6*9 TATA-mut Less enzyme
CYP2B6 19q13.2 Inducible? 1-5 3 CYP2B6*5 R487C Less enzyme
CYP2B6*7 Q172H; K262R; R487C Less enzyme
CYP2C8 10q24.1 Constitutive 10 CYP2C8*2 1269F Decreased activity
CYP2C8*3 R139K, K399R Decreased activity
CYP2C8*4 1264M Decreased activity
CYP2C9 10q24 Constitutive 15-20 16 (voriconazole, terbinafine) CYP2C9*2 R144C Reduced affinity for P450 reductase
CYP2C9*3 I359L Altered substrate specificity
CYP2C19 10q24.1-q24.3 Constitutive <5 8 (voriconazole, terbinafine) CYP2C19*2 Altered splice site Inactive enzyme
CYP2C19*3 Stop codon Inactive enzyme
CYP2D6 22q13.1 Constitutive 2 19 CYP2D6*2xn Gene duplication Increased activity
CYP2D6*4 Defective splicing Inactive enzyme
CYP2D6*5 Gene deletion No enzyme
CYP2D6*6 1707T>del P34S No enzyme
CYP2D6*10 S486T T107I Unstable enzyme
CYP2D6*17 R296C S486T Reduced affinity for substrates
CYP2E1 10q24.3-qter Constitutive/inducible 7-11 4 CYP2E1*2 R76H Less enzyme expressed
CYP2E1*3 V389I No effects
CYP2E1*4 V179I No effects
CYP3A4 7q21.1 Constitutive 30-40 36 (itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole, terbinafine) CYP3A4*2 S222P Higher Km for substrate
CYP3A4*3 M445T Unknown
CYP3A4*4 I118V Decreased
CYP3A4*5 P218R Decreased
CYP3A4*6 831 insA Decreased
CYP3A5 7q21.1 Constitutive <1 CYP3A5*3 Splicing defect No enzyme
CYP3A5*6 Splicing defect No enzyme
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Modified from reference 68 with permission of the publisher and from reference 215 with permission of Elsevier; includes data from http://www.cypalleles.ki.se.