Biology:CYP170B1

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Short description: Cytochrome P450 enzyme
CYP170B1
Identifiers
OrganismStreptomyces albus
SymbolCYP170B1

Cytochrome P450 family 170 subfamily B member 1 (abbreviated CYP170B1) is an actinobacterial Cytochrome P450 enzyme originally from Streptomyces albus, which catalyzes the biosynthesis of the tricyclic sesquiterpene antibiotic albaflavenone.[1]

References

  1. "Investigating conservation of the albaflavenone biosynthetic pathway and CYP170 bifunctionality in streptomycetes". The FEBS Journal 279 (9): 1640–9. May 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08447.x. PMID 22151149.