Issue 8, 2018

Unrivalled diversity: the many roles and reactions of bacterial cytochromes P450 in secondary metabolism

Abstract

Covering: 2000 up to 2018

The cytochromes P450 (P450s) are a superfamily of heme-containing monooxygenases that perform diverse catalytic roles in many species, including bacteria. The P450 superfamily is widely known for the hydroxylation of unactivated C–H bonds, but the diversity of reactions that P450s can perform vastly exceeds this undoubtedly impressive chemical transformation. Within bacteria, P450s play important roles in many biosynthetic and biodegradative processes that span a wide range of secondary metabolite pathways and present diverse chemical transformations. In this review, we aim to provide an overview of the range of chemical transformations that P450 enzymes can catalyse within bacterial secondary metabolism, with the intention to provide an important resource to aid in understanding of the potential roles of P450 enzymes within newly identified bacterial biosynthetic pathways.

Graphical abstract: Unrivalled diversity: the many roles and reactions of bacterial cytochromes P450 in secondary metabolism

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
13 Dec 2017
First published
18 Apr 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nat. Prod. Rep., 2018,35, 757-791

Unrivalled diversity: the many roles and reactions of bacterial cytochromes P450 in secondary metabolism

A. Greule, J. E. Stok, J. J. De Voss and M. J. Cryle, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2018, 35, 757 DOI: 10.1039/C7NP00063D

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