title: Genetic regulation of the cytochrome P-450 system in Drosophila melanogaster. I. Chromosomal determination of some cytochrome P-450-dependent reactions.
abstract: The genetic regulation of some cytochrome P-450-dependent enzyme activities has been studied in adult Drosophila. Strains having genetically determined high or low enzyme activities were crossed with a marker strain and the metabolism was analyzed in microsomes from hybrids carrying different combinations of chromosomes from the strain under test. High p-nitroanisole (PNA) N-demethylation, biphenyl 3-hydroxylation and an increased amount of a protein with an apparent mol. wt. of 54 000, after SDS-gel electrophoresis of the microsomes in insecticide-resistant Drosophila strains, are inherited as dominant second chromosome traits. A low capacity for benzo[a]pyrene (BP) hydroxylation and 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylation in the Hikone R strain is semidominantly inherited in both cases and determined by gene(s) on the third chromosome. A semidominantly inherited high 4-hydroxylation of biphenyl and a high amount of a protein with an apparent mol. wt. of 56 000 in the Oregon R strain are also localized to the second chromosome. The results indicate that several other cytochrome P-450-dependent activities are not regulated by the genes mentioned above. In conclusion, at least three genes regulating the cytochrome P-450 system in Drosophila have been identified.
mesh_terms: D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D000818:Animals; D001579:Benzopyrene Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005796:Genes; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D006900:Hydroxylation; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010105:Oxygenases; D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D001579:Benzopyrene Hydroxylase