The Chemically Inducible Plant Cytochrome P450 CYP76B1 Actively Metabolizes Phenylureas and Other Xenobiotics

• Published in: Plant physiology (Bethesda) Vol. 118; no. 3; pp. 1049 - 1056
• Main Authors: Robineau, T, Batard, Y, Nedelkina, S, Cabello-Hurtado, F, LeRet, M, Sorokine, O, Didierjean, L, Werck-Reichhart, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society of Plant Physiologists 01.11.1998
• Subjects: Artichokes; Biotechnology; Cytochromes; Enzymes; Herbicides; Metabolism; Microsomes; Plants; Tubers; Xenobiotics; Yeasts

Cytochrome P450s (P450s) constitute one of the major classes of enzymes that are responsible for detoxification of exogenous molecules both in animals and plants. On the basis of its inducibility by exogenous chemicals, we recently isolated a new plant P450, CYP76B1, from Jerusalem artichoke (Helian...