HIGH UTILITY OF SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE HARBORING RAT-LIVER CYTOCHROME-P450 1A2 CDNA IN HALOETHANES DEHALOGENATIONS

Authors
YANAGITA K SAGAMI I SHIMIZU T
Citation
K. Yanagita et al., HIGH UTILITY OF SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE HARBORING RAT-LIVER CYTOCHROME-P450 1A2 CDNA IN HALOETHANES DEHALOGENATIONS, Chemistry Letters, (6), 1997, pp. 561-562
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemistry Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03667022
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
561 - 562
Database
ISI
SICI code
0366-7022(1997):6<561:HUOSHR>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Yeast harboring rat liver P450 1A2 efficiently degraded trichloroethyl ene, pentachloroethane and hexachloroethane. Since liver P450s catalyz e degradation of thousands of chemicals, this method is promising for chemical-directed degradation of environmental pollutants.