Arylamine N-acetyltransferases: from drug metabolism and pharmacogenetics to drug discovery

Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) are polymorphic drug-metabolizing enzymes, acetylating arylamine carcinogens and drugs including hydralazine and sulphonamides. The slow NAT phenotype increases susceptibility to hydralazine and isoniazid toxicity and to occupational bladder cancer. The two poly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sim, E, Abuhammad, A, Ryan, A
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158862/