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Article: Cytochroma discovers functional role for an orphan cytochrome P450.(Brief Article)
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- BIOTECH Patent News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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Cytochroma, Inc. (Kingston, Canada; 613-531-9995) announced that it has discovered the enzymatic function, including substrate and metabolic products, of human cytochrome P450TEC (Thymus Expressed Cytochrome) and uncovered its potential role in thymus function. This enzyme was discovered using Cytochroma's internal bioinformatics capabilities and has served as the first application of Cytochroma's LIPIDOMICS technology to discover the function of orphan cytochrome P450s. Cytochroma had focused its protein function identification efforts on this cytochrome P450 because of its unique tissue expression profile in adult human thymus.
Cytochroma demonstrated that ...