title: Early years of oxygenase research in Bethesda, Osaka, Urbana, and Kanazawa.
abstract: In this brief review, I recollect my experiences of how the studies of pyrocatechase and salicylate hydroxylase led to the isolation and revelation of P450cam. Those experiences were instrumental in the separation, purification, and characterization of the two forms of adrenal cortex mitochondrial P450.
authors.affiliation: katam@wine.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katagiri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019475:Camphor 5-Monooxygenase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history*; D050548:Catechol 1,2-Dioxygenase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007564:Japan; D008396:Maryland; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history*; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D014481:United States
chemical_list: D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D050548:Catechol 1,2-Dioxygenase; C022619:salicylate 1-monooxygenase; D019475:Camphor 5-Monooxygenase