A cDNA library was established starting from poly(A) RNA of n-alkane-grown Candida maltosa cells and cDNA clones were isolated containing the entire coding sequence for the alkane hydroxylating cytochrome P-450. The deduced protein consists of 521 amino acids, contains two putative transmembrane segments in the N-terminal region and has a characteristic heme-binding sequence in the C-terminal part. Sequence alignments with members of 11 reported cytochrome P-450 families revealed a strong homology to an alkane-inducible cytochrome P-450 from Candida tropicalis.

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