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CYP201A2, a cytochrome P450 from Rhodopseudomonas palustris, plays a key role in the biodegradation of tributyl phosphate.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Nov 2007
Berne Cécile, Pignol David, Lavergne Jérôme, Garcia Daniel
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Tributyl phosphate (TBP) is a toxic organophosphorous compound widely used in nuclear fuel processing and chemical industries. Rhodopseudomonas palustris, one of the most metabolically versatile photosynthetic bacteria, is shown here to degrade TBP efficiently under photosynthetic conditions. This study shows that this O(2)- and NADPH/FMNH(2)-dependent process was also catalyzed when TBP was incubated with...
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