conclusions the results of this study demonstrated that the p450 cyp141 gene was successfully cloned into a pet26b plasmid vector as an expression vector. in this paper, for the first time in iran, this gene was cloned for more purposes, including the expression and purification of the recombinant cytochrome p450 cyp141 protein. results the cloning of p450 cyp141 gene was confirmed by the enzym...

Cytochrome P450 BM3 (P450 102) from Bacillus megaterium is a unique bacterial P450, formed from the fusion of a fatty acid hydroxylase to a eukaryotic-like NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase flavoprotein in a single (1 19 kDa) polypeptide chain (1, 2). It is an attractive model system for enzymological and structural studies due to its homology with mammalian drug metabolising P450 systems, and wi...

The present study was conducted to investigate the expression level of cytochrome P450 enzyme in detoxification of water soluble fractions (WSFs) of crude oil in Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus. Fish were exposed to WSFs at concentrations of 0 (control), 10, 20, and 50% of the LC50 for 14 days, and then, the expression level of P450 gene was assayed in gill and liver samples. According to ...

Voriconazole is an effective antifungal drug, but adverse drug-drug interactions associated with its use are of major clinical concern. To identify the mechanisms of these interactions, we tested the inhibitory potency of voriconazole with eight human cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes. Isoform-specific probes were incubated with human liver microsomes (HLMs) (or expressed CYPs) and cofactors in the...

NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase is a key component of the P450 mono-oxygenase drug-metabolizing system. There is evidence for a conformational equilibrium involving large-scale domain motions in this enzyme. We now show, using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and small-angle neutron scattering, that delivery of two electrons to cytochrome P450 reductase leads to a shift in this equilibrium f...

Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in either the NPC1 or NPC2 gene. NPC is characterised by storage of multiple lipids in the late endosomal/lysosomal compartment, resulting in cellular and organ system dysfunction. The underlying molecular mechanisms that lead to the range of clinical presentations in NPC are not fully underst...

This study evaluated potential effects of a number of capsinoids (ie, capsiate, dihydrocapsiate, nordihydrocapsiate) and a single capsaicinoid (ie, capsaicin) on liver microsomal cytochrome P450 3A4-mediated midazolam 1'-hydroxylase activity. Where possible, an inhibition curve was prepared; the concentration at which enzyme activity dropped to 50% was calculated. Capsaicin clearly inhibited cy...

Flavocytochrome P450 (cytochrome P450) BM3 is an intensively studied model system within the P450 enzyme superfamily, and is a natural fusion of a P450 to its P450 reductase redox partner. The fusion arrangement enables efficient electron transfer within the enzyme and a catalytic efficiency that cannot be matched in P450 systems from higher organisms. P450 BM3's potential for industrially rele...

We have electronically wired the cytochrome P450 BM3 heme domain to a graphite electrode with the use of a pyrene-terminated tether. AFM images clearly reveal that pyrene-wired enzyme molecules are adsorbed to the electrode surface. The enzyme-electrode system undergoes rapid and reversible electron transfer, displaying a standard rate constant higher than that of any other P450-electrode syste...

The cytochrome P450, epoxide hydrolase, and glutathione S-transferase enzyme families play an important part in the metabolism of many carcinogens and anti-cancer drugs. The expression of two forms of cytochrome P450 (P450 1A and P450 3A), epoxide hydrolase and of the alpha, mu, and pi forms of glutathione S-transferase in normal colon, colonic adenomas, and adenocarcinoma of the colon were stu...