| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates generally to a method for producing a pigment in or by biological material including plant, animal and microbial cells. More particularly, the present invention is directed to the use of a cytochrome P450 protein or a derivative or homologue thereof together with one or more homologous or heterologous associated proteins to facilitate the conversion of a substrate, to a coloured product. The method of the present invention is predicated in part on the oxidation of indole or related molecules by the cytochrome P450 protein and a homologous or heterologous associated protein to indoxyl and oxidized indoxyl or related molecules which alone or in combination with other molecules can form a range of pigments including indigo and indirubin.</p> |
