申请人:Bolten L. Suzanne
公开号:US20050003473A1
公开(公告)日:2005-01-06
The present invention relates to a novel cytochrome P450-like enzyme (
Aspergillus ochraceus
11 alpha hydroxylase) and an oxidoreductase (
Aspergillus ochraceus
oxidoreductase) isolated from cDNA library generated from the mRNA of
Aspergillus ochraceus
spores. When the cDNA encoding the 11 alpha hydroxylase was co-expressed in
Spodoptera frugiperda
(Sf-9) insect cells with the cDNA encoding human oxidoreductase as an electron donor, it successfully catalyzed the conversion of the steroid substrate 4-androstene-3,17-dione (AD) to 11 alpha-hydroxy-AD as determined by HPLC analysis. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules associated with or derived from these cDNAs including complements, homologues and fragments thereof, and methods of using these nucleic acid molecules, to generate, for example, polypeptides and fragments thereof. The invention also relates to the generation of antibodies that recognizes the
A. ochraceus
11 alpha hydroxylase and oxidoreductase and methods of using these antibodies to detect the presence of these native and recombinant polypeptides within unmodified and transformed host cells, respectively. The invention also provides methods of expressing the
Aspergillus
11 alpha hydroxylase gene separately, or in combination with human or
Aspergillus
oxidoreductase, in heterologous host cells, to facilitate the bioconversion of steroid substrates to their 11 alpha hydroxy-counterparts.
本发明涉及一种新型细胞色素P450样酶(曲霉11α-羟化酶)和氧化还原酶(曲霉氧化还原酶),这些酶是从曲霉孢子的mRNA产生的cDNA文库中分离出来的。当编码11α-羟化酶的cDNA与编码人类氧化还原酶的cDNA在斯氏福斯虫细胞中共同表达时,成功地催化了类固醇底物4-雄烯-3,17-二酮(AD)转化为11α-羟基-AD,这是通过HPLC分析确定的。本发明还涉及与这些cDNA相关或衍生的核酸分子,包括其互补物、同源物和片段,以及使用这些核酸分子生成多肽和其片段的方法。本发明还涉及生成识别曲霉11α-羟化酶和氧化还原酶的抗体,以及使用这些抗体检测这些天然和重组多肽在未修改和转化宿主细胞中的存在的方法。本发明还提供在异源宿主细胞中分别或与人类或曲霉氧化还原酶结合表达曲霉11α-羟化酶基因的方法,以促进类固醇底物向其11α-羟基对应物的生物转化。