Simulation of human xenobiotic metabolism in microorganisms. Yeast a good compromise between E. coli and human cells.
An overview of current heterologous expression systems for xenobiotic metabolising enzymes is given with a special emphasis on the yeast expression system. In a first part, basic properties and relative advantages and drawbacks of each expression system are considered. The second part is dedicated to humanized yeast strains allowing human P450 expression in a tailored redox environment and to the possibility to use such strains to simulate complex metabolisms involving a combination of phase I and phase II reactions. The last part presents how the association of numeric simulation to yeast expression can help in understanding rules controlling metabolic profiles in xenobiotic-acting multienzymatic systems.
Pompon
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Centre de Génétique Moléculaire du CNRS, Laboratoire associé à l'Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Gautier
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JC
Perret
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Truan
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Urban
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D006801:Humans; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000378:metabolism*
D015262:Xenobiotics