J. Biochem, 1987, Vol. 101, No. 4 879-887
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Gene Structure of Human Cytochrome P-450(SCC), Cholesterol Desmolase
*Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University Higashi-ku Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812
**Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170
Four independent clones containing a part of the P-450(SCC), cholesterol desmolase, gene were isolated from human genomic libraries using bovine P-450(SCC) cDNA as a probe. These clones covered the entire P-450(SCC) gene except for a part of the 1st intron. The gene is at least 20 kb long and is split into 9 exons by 8 introns. The sequence analysis revealed that the nine separated exons code for a primary structure consisting of 521 amino acids which shows 72% homology with that of bovine P-450(SCC). A CATT sequence and a TATAAT sequence, which are possibly a "CAT" box, and a "TATA" box, respectively, are present 129 and 91 bp upstream from the initiation codon. An unusual exon/intron junctional sequence that begins with GC was found in the 6th intron of the gene. A putative extension peptide consisting of 39 amino acids was found in the sequence of human P-450(SCC) by comparison with that of the bovine counterpart. Two conserved regions were found in the extension peptide of these two forms of P-450(SCC), suggesting a functional role of the portions in the mitochondrial localization and processing of P-450(SCC) precursor. The mature form of human P-450(SCC) has only one cysteine residue, which was located in the center of the HR2 region (Gotoh et al. (1983) J. Biochem. 97, 807–817). This observation established beyond doubt that the sole cysteine residue in the HR2 region is the 5th ligand to the heme.
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