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Expression and Characterization of Truncated Recombinant Human Cytochrome P450 2J2

  • Park, Hyoung-Goo (Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lim, Young-Ran (Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University) ;
  • Han, Songhee (Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Donghak (Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University)
  • Received : 2014.03.17
  • Accepted : 2014.03.28
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

The human cytochrome P450 2J2 catalyzes an epoxygenase reaction to oxidize various fatty acids including arachidonic acid. In this study, three recombinant enzyme constructs of P450 2J2 were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and their P450 proteins were successfully purified using a $Ni^{2+}$-NTA affinity column. Deletion of 34 amino acid residues in N-terminus of P450 2J2 enzyme (2J2-D) produced the soluble enzyme located in the cytosolic fraction. The enzymatic analysis of this truncated protein indicated the typical spectral characteristics and functional properties of P450 2J2 enzyme. P450 2J2-D enzymes from soluble fraction catalyzed the oxidation reaction of terfenadine to the hydroxylated product. However, P450 2J2-D enzymes from membrane fraction did not support the P450 oxidation reaction although it displayed the characteristic CO-binding spectrum of P450. Our finding of these features in the N-terminal modified P450 2J2 enzyme could help understand the biological functions and the metabolic roles of P450 2J2 enzyme and make the crystallographic analysis of the P450 2J2 structure feasible for future studies.

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