UDPGT is of major importance in the conjugation and subsequent elimination of potentially toxic xenobiotics and endogenous compounds. This isoform glucuronidates bilirubin IX-alpha to form both the IX-alpha-C8 and IX-alpha-C12 monoconjugates and diconjugate. Is also able to catalyze the glucuronidation of 17beta-estradiol, 17alpha-ethinylestradiol, 1-hydroxypyrene, 4-methylumbelliferone, 1-naphthol, paranitrophenol, scopoletin, and umbelliferone. Isoform 2 lacks transferase activity but acts as a negative regulator of isoform 1.
Thirteen UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes are encoded at the human UGT1 gene complex locus.Gong Q.H., Cho J.W., Huang T., Potter C., Gholami N., Basu N.K., Kubota S., Carvalho S., Pennington M.W., Owens I.S., Popescu N.C.Pharmacogenetics 11:357-368(2001)
Research Topic:Metabolism