title: Expression and characterization of a rabbit liver cytochrome P450 belonging to P450IIB subfamily with the aid of the baculovirus expression vector system.
abstract: Using baculovirus a cDNA for cytochrome P450 (P450F1) belonging to rabbit P450IIB subfamily was expressed in Spodoptera frugiperda cells, where P450F1 was located on electron-dense structures (derived from the endoplasmic reticulum) present in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Partially purified P450F1 exhibited absorption spectra similar to those of P450(1), the major phenobarbital-inducible form in rabbit liver. Like P450(1), P450F1 could oxidize aminopyrine, benzphetamine, 7-ethoxycoumarin, 1-nitropropane, and 2-nitropropane, though its activities toward benzphetamine and 7-ethoxycoumarin were about 50 and 5%, respectively, of those of P450(1). It is concluded that the members of P450IIB subfamily can act on a variety of xenobiotics, although substrate preferences are different among them.
authors.affiliation: Bio-Organics Research Department, CIBA-GEIGY (Japan) Ltd., Takarazuka.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsu-ura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D009036:Moths; D005810:Multigene Family; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases