Cytochrome P450s CYP6D3 and CYP6D1 are part of a P450 gene cluster on autosome 1 in the house fly

Citation
S. Kasai et Jg. Scott, Cytochrome P450s CYP6D3 and CYP6D1 are part of a P450 gene cluster on autosome 1 in the house fly, INSEC MOL B, 10(3), 2001, pp. 191-196
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control","Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09621075 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
191 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-1075(200106)10:3<191:CPCACA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The P450 monooxygenases of insects are important in the metabolism of numer ous endogenous and exogenous compounds. However, identity of the P450 isofo rm(s) involved in these reactions is rarely known. A critical first step in the identification of important P450s is the cloning and sequencing of the ir genes. Toward this goal we report the genomic sequence of a new cytochro me P450, termed CYP6D3, from the house fly, Musca domestica. CYP6D3 is part of a P450 gene cluster located on chromosome 1 and is located upstream of a related gene, CYP6D1. The similar genetic structures of CYP6D3 and CYP6D1 (5 exons and 4 introns of similar length) suggest one of these genes may h ave been the result of a duplication event. The CYP6D3 deduced amino acid s equence indicates a protein with 518 amino acids and a molecular weight of 59.3 kDa. The CYP6D3 protein is most similar to house fly CYP6D1 (78%) and Cyp6D2 (56%) from Drosophila melanogaster. The deduced amino acid sequences of CYP6D3 and CYP6D1 are identical at the Helix I and heme binding regions .