A structure/function investigation into baboon cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage (CYP11A1)
dc.contributor.advisor | Swart, Amanda C. | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.advisor | Swart, P. | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Storbeck, Karl-Heinz | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.other | University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Biochemistry. | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-11-15T09:02:30Z | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T09:06:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-11-15T09:02:30Z | en_ZA |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T09:06:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-12 | |
dc.description | Thesis (MSc (Biochemistry))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | This study describes: 1. The cloning of baboon cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage (CYP11A1) cDNA by in vitro site-directed mutagenesis. 2. The identification and sequencing of three baboon CYP11A1 mutants: CYP11A1a, CYP11A1b and CYP11A1c. 3. The expression and characterisation of baboon and human CYP11A1 cDNA, CYP11A1a, CYP11A1b and CYP11A1c in nonsteroidogenic COS-1 cells. The Km and V-values for the metabolism of 25-hydroxycholesterol were determined. 4. The construction of the first homology model of CYP11A1, using both mammalian (CYP2C5) and bacterial (CYP102) cytochromes P450 crystal structures as templates. 5. A structure/function study into the role of the amino acid residues Ile98, Lys103 and Thr291 in substrate binding and enzymatic activity. 6. The proposal of a topological model of the CYP11A1 active pocket as determined by substrate docking studies. | en_ZA |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3113 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | University of Stellenbosch | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Dissertations -- Biochemistry | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Theses -- Biochemistry | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cytochrome P-450 | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Mutagenesis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Adrenocortical hormone | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Homology (Biology) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Amino acids | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Baboons -- Cytogenetics | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Molecular cloning | en_ZA |
dc.title | A structure/function investigation into baboon cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage (CYP11A1) | en_ZA |
dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |