title: Structural analysis of NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase from porcine hepatic microsomes. Sequences of proteolytic fragments, cysteine-containing peptides, and a NADPH-protected cysteine peptide.
abstract: Detergent-solubilized NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase was purified from porcine hepatic microsomes and compared to the rabbit enzyme isolated under identical conditions. The porcine enzyme had an equivalent specific activity toward cytochrome c compared to the rabbit enzyme. When analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the porcine enzyme exhibited a major band at Mr = 80,000 and two additional bands at Mr = 20,000 and 60,000. The 20-kDa fragment was shown to be the COOH-terminal portion of the protein which contains a hydrophobic sequence of 28 residues homologous to the pyrophosphate-binding portion of the FAD-binding protein p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase. The 60-kDa fragment corresponded to the NH2-terminal portion of the protein since this peptide and the intact protein have blocked NH2 terminal. The trypsin-solubilized porcine enzyme has an NH2-terminal sequence which is homologous to the equivalent trypsin-solubilized enzymes from rat and rabbit (80% sequence homology). Eight cysteine-containing peptides were isolated from a tryptic digest of the S-carboxymethylated pig enzyme. Significant sequence homology was not found between these peptides and other flavoproteins, except for one peptide (Glu-Val-Gly-Glu-Thr-Leu-Leu-Tyr-Tyr-Gly-Cys-Arg) which exhibited partial homology with the known NADPH-binding site of glutathione reductase. When the NADPH-protected enzyme was first S-alkylated with unlabeled iodoacetate, NADPH depleted, and further alkylated with 14C-labeled iodoacetate, the above radiolabeled peptide was isolated from a tryptic digest. The equivalent peptide was also isolated by a similar procedure from rabbit liver cytochrome P-450 reductase.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003545:Cysteine / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000032:analysis*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013552:Swine; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D009249:NADP; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D014357:Trypsin; D003545:Cysteine