CYP6 family

Cytochrome P450, family 6, also known as CYP6, is a cytochrome P450 family found in Insect genome, CYP6 and CYP9, another insect CYP family, belong to the same clan as mammalian CYP3 and CYP5 families.[1] Many of the enzymes in this family like CYP6G1 (DDT-R) are related to insecticide resistance.[2]

References
  1. Nelson, DR (November 1998). "Metazoan cytochrome P450 evolution". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Endocrinology. 121 (1–3): 15–22. doi:10.1016/s0742-8413(98)10027-0. PMID 9972448.
  2. Le Goff, G; Hilliou, F (March 2017). "Resistance evolution in Drosophila: the case of CYP6G1". Pest Management Science. 73 (3): 493–499. doi:10.1002/ps.4470. PMID 27787942.
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