Expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes

Curr Opin Biotechnol. 1997 Oct;8(5):623-8. doi: 10.1016/s0958-1669(97)80039-0.

Abstract

A principal advance in the production of drug-metabolizing enzymes has been the development of catalytically self-sufficient cytochrome P450 systems, including additional P450-reductase fusion proteins and Escherichia coli and baculovirus coexpression constructs. Continuing work with glutathione transferases has resulted in the identification of important residues by random mutagenesis screening techniques, as well as in the engineering of model Salmonella typhimurium strains for genotoxicity analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cloning, Molecular / methods*
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / biosynthesis*
  • Escherichia coli
  • Genetic Engineering / methods
  • Mutagenesis
  • Mutagenicity Tests
  • NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / biosynthesis*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / metabolism
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Salmonella typhimurium
  • Transfection / methods*

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase