Issue 10, 2006

Progress towards the easier use of P450 enzymes

Abstract

The cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s or CYPs) form a large family of heme proteins involved in drug metabolism and in the biosynthesis of steroids, lipids, vitamins and natural products. Their remarkable ability to catalyze the insertion of oxygen into non-activated C–H bonds has attracted the interest of chemists for several decades. Very few chemical methods exist that directly hydroxylate aliphatic or aromatic C–H bonds, and most of them are not selective or of limited scope. Biocatalysts such as P450s represent a promising alternative: however, their applications have been limited by substrate specificity, low activity, poor stability and the need for cofactors. This review covers the attempts to overcome these limitations using approaches such as mutagenesis, chemical modifications, conditions engineering and immobilization.

Graphical abstract: Progress towards the easier use of P450 enzymes

Article information

Article type
Highlight
Submitted
17 May 2006
Accepted
27 Jul 2006
First published
24 Aug 2006

Mol. BioSyst., 2006,2, 462-469

Progress towards the easier use of P450 enzymes

A. Chefson and K. Auclair, Mol. BioSyst., 2006, 2, 462 DOI: 10.1039/B607001A

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