Baculovirus expression systems for recombinant proteins have found widespread use because they produce biologically active proteins more reliably than do bacterial or yeast expression systems, and the yields generally exceed those from mammalian expression systems. However, optimization of baculovirus yields remains an important issue, especially when biophysical studies are contemplated. Recen...

Myo1c is one of eight members of the mammalian myosin I family of actin-associated molecular motors. In stereocilia of the hair cells in the inner ear, Myo1c presumably serves as the adaptation motor, which regulates the opening and closing of transduction channels. Although there is conservation of sequence and structure among all myosins in the N-terminal motor domain, which contains the nucl...

Dog CYP2A13 and CYP2A25 were coexpressed with dog NADPHcytochrome P450 reductase (OR) in baculovirus-infected Sf9 insect cells. CYP2A13 effectively catalyzed 7-ethoxycoumarin (7EC) deethylation and coumarin hydroxylation with apparent Km values of 4.8 and 2.1 M, respectively, similar to those observed using dog liver microsomes (7.5 and 0.75 M, respectively). CYP2A25 exhibited much lower affini...

Dog CYP2A13 and CYP2A25 were coexpressed with dog NADPHcytochrome P450 reductase (OR) in baculovirus-infected Sf9 insect cells. CYP2A13 effectively catalyzed 7-ethoxycoumarin (7EC) deethylation and coumarin hydroxylation with apparent Km values of 4.8 and 2.1 M, respectively, similar to those observed using dog liver microsomes (7.5 and 0.75 M, respectively). CYP2A25 exhibited much lower affini...

Dog CYP2A13 and CYP2A25 were coexpressed with dog NADPHcytochrome P450 reductase (OR) in baculovirus-infected Sf9 insect cells. CYP2A13 effectively catalyzed 7-ethoxycoumarin (7EC) deethylation and coumarin hydroxylation with apparent Km values of 4.8 and 2.1 M, respectively, similar to those observed using dog liver microsomes (7.5 and 0.75 M, respectively). CYP2A25 exhibited much lower affini...

Dog CYP2A13 and CYP2A25 were coexpressed with dog NADPHcytochrome P450 reductase (OR) in baculovirus-infected Sf9 insect cells. CYP2A13 effectively catalyzed 7-ethoxycoumarin (7EC) deethylation and coumarin hydroxylation with apparent Km values of 4.8 and 2.1 M, respectively, similar to those observed using dog liver microsomes (7.5 and 0.75 M, respectively). CYP2A25 exhibited much lower affini...

Mammalian flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) enzymes catalyze oxidation at nucleophilic, heteroatom centers and are important for drug, xenobiotic, and endogenous substrate metabolism. In human liver, human FMO3 (hFMO3) is the most abundant FMO isoform and is known to contribute to the hepatic clearance of a variety of clinical drugs. The purpose of the current study was to express and compa...

Mammalian flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) enzymes catalyze oxidation at nucleophilic, heteroatom centers and are important for drug, xenobiotic, and endogenous substrate metabolism. In human liver, human FMO3 (hFMO3) is the most abundant FMO isoform and is known to contribute to the hepatic clearance of a variety of clinical drugs. The purpose of the current study was to express and compa...

A new variant allele CYP2D6*62 (g.4044C>T; R441C) of the drugmetabolizing cytochrome P450 (P450) CYP2D6 was identified in a person with reduced sparteine oxidation phenotype, which was unexpected based on a genetic CYP2D6*1A/*41 background. The recombinantly expressed variant protein had no activity toward propafenone as a result of missing heme incorporation. Sequence alignment revealed that t...

A new variant allele CYP2D6*62 (g.4044C>T; R441C) of the drugmetabolizing cytochrome P450 (P450) CYP2D6 was identified in a person with reduced sparteine oxidation phenotype, which was unexpected based on a genetic CYP2D6*1A/*41 background. The recombinantly expressed variant protein had no activity toward propafenone as a result of missing heme incorporation. Sequence alignment revealed that t...