Abstract
Flavocytochrome P450 BM3 is a bacterial P450 system in which a fatty acid hydroxylase P450 is fused to a mammalian-like diflavin NADPH-P450 reductase in a single polypeptide. The enzyme is soluble (unlike mammalian P450 redox systems) and its fusion arrangement affords it the highest catalytic activity of any P450 mono-oxygenase. This article discusses the fundamental properties of P450 BM3 and how progress with this model P450 has affected our comprehension of P450 systems in general.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 250-257 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Trends in Biochemical Sciences |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2002 |