title: [Import of a modified form of a cytochrome P450scc precursor into mitochondria from various sources].
abstract: An Escherichia coli strain providing hypersynthesis of a recombinant cytochrome P450scc precursor supplemented with the extra MetArgGlySerHis6GlyIleArg sequence at the NH2-terminus (6His-pP450scc) has been constructed. A procedure for isolation and purification of 6His-pP450scc from the cell homogenate has been elaborated. It has been found that the recombinant precursor is imported into isolated rat liver and rat heart mitochondria as well as into yeast mitochondria. The import is coupled with proteolytic processing resulting in the mature size form of cytochrome P450scc. Modification of the targeting P450scc presequence resulting in its increased positive charge is supposed to relieve tissue-specific restrictions on the P450scc import into mitochondria.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Novikova
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Savel'ev
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Zviagil'skaia
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Luzikov
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme
vernacular_title: Import modifitsirovannoĭ formy predshestvennika tsitokhroma P450scc v mitokhondrii iz razlichnykh istochnikov.