title: Engineering cytochrome P450s for bioremediation.
abstract: Building on the vast knowledge of active site structure and catalytic mechanisms of the P450 monooxygenase systems, significant efforts to utilize the rational design of engineered P450s are emerging as an approach to solve the problems of bioremediation. P450 enzymes are being designed to alter substrate specificities and catalytic efficiency in predefined ways. In addition, random mutagenesis and in vitro evolution are being considered as exciting methods for generating mutant P450s with increased bioremediation abilities.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA. dkellner@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kellner
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Maves
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sligar
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001709:Biotechnology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004579:Electron Transport; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016296:Mutagenesis; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015202:Protein Engineering
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System