Cross-linking studies of the cholesterol hydroxylation system from bovine adrenocortical mitochondria |
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Authors: | I V Turko T B Adamovich N M Kirillova S A Usanov V L Chashchin |
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Institution: | Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, B.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Minsk, U.S.S.R. |
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Abstract: | Cytochrome P-450SCC and adrenodoxin were cross-linked with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide. The sample containing 94% of cross-linked complex and 6% of free cytochrome P-450SCC was obtained after purification on cholate-Sepharose. Cytochrome P-450SCC in cross-linked complex completely preserves its high-spin form in the presence of Tween 20 or pregnenolone. Utilization of radioactively labelled adrenodoxin, chemical cleavage of cytochrome P-450SCC from cross-linked complex with o-iodosobenzoic acid and HPLC for separation of peptides allow us to conclude that the complex of cytochrome P-450SCC with adrenodoxin was cross-linked through two amino acid sequences of cytochrome P-450SCC-Leu-88-Thr-107 and Leu-368-Gly-416. The cross-linked complex of adrenodoxin reductase, adrenodoxin and cytochrome P-450SCC with an apparent molecular mass of 114 kDa was obtained with N-succinimidyl-6-(4'-azido-2'-nitrophenylamino)hexanoate. The composition of cross-linked complex was determined by immunoblotting and by evaluation of radioactivity using preliminary N-ethyl2,3-14C]maleimide-modified adrenodoxin. From this data it appears that the ternary complex may exist in solution. |
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