Vol.26 No.6£¨2004 December£©£º561-566 Plant Cytochrome P450 Xiao-Lin Yu, Jia-Shu Cao*, Hui-Mei Cui, Wan-Zhi Ye £¨Department of Horticulture, College of Agri-Biotechnology of Zhejiang University; The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development & Biotechnology, Hangzhou 310029, China£© Abstract: The isolation of plant cytochrome P450 genes, and their functions in biosynthesis of metabolites such as phenylpropanoid, glucosinolates, IAA and terpenoid, and detoxification of some natural and synthetical chemicals were briefly reviewed. It was also proposed in our paper that further research of this area will be focused on the identification of more cytochrome P450 genes, analysis of their biological functions, and elucidation of the role of cytochrome P450 on herbicide resistance and their application in environment biological recovery. Key words: plant cytochrome P450; isolation gene; biosynthesis; detoxifcation *Corresponding author. Tel/Fax: 86-571-86971188, E-mail: jshcao@zju.edu.cn |