Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-6
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase (LDM) is a cytochrome P-450 enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway of cholesterol. As such, it represents a target for cholesterol-lowering drugs. Rat LDM (rLDM) has been purified from the livers of rats treated with cholestyramine. The purified protein was used to generate tryptic fragments which were then sequenced. The amino acid (aa) sequences were used to design oligodeoxyribonucleotide primers and a DNA fragment was generated by RT-PCR to probe a phagemid library. A clone encoding rLDM was isolated from the livers of cholestyramine-treated rats. The clone contains an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 486 aa and a predicted molecular mass of 55 045 Da. The deduced aa sequence shows a high degree of identity to the yeast LDM sequences, as well as sequences which match typical P-450 sequence motifs. When produced in a baculovirus/insect cell culture system, LDM activity was detected and inhibited by the specific inhibitor azalanstat with an IC50 value of less than 2 nM. The isolation of this full-length coding sequence should facilitate research into understanding the direct and indirect effects of LDM in the regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis and the search for cholesterol-lowering drugs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Baculoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Spodoptera, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Sterol 14-Demethylase, pubmed-meshheading:7665087-Yeasts
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and functional expression of the cDNA encoding rat lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase.
pubmed:affiliation
Syntex Discovery Research, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study