Structural and Functional Roles of Hydrogen Bond to Axial Cysteine in Cytochrome P450cam.

Accession number;99A0228215
Title;Structural and Functional Roles of Hydrogen Bond to Axial Cysteine in Cytochrome P450cam.
Author; YOSHIOKA SHIRO (Kyoto Univ., Grad. Sch.) TAKAHASHI SATOSHI (Kyoto Univ., Grad. Sch.) ISHIMORI KOICHIRO (Kyoto Univ., Grad. Sch.) MORISHIMA ISAO (Kyoto Univ., Grad. Sch.)
Journal Title;Abstracts. Symposium on Biofunctional Chemistry
Journal Code:L0836A
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VOL.13th;NO.;PAGE.79-81(1998)
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Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;The sulfer atom of the axial cysteine in P450cam is hydrogen-bonded with three peptide NH groups. To clarify the structural and functional roles of hydrogen bonds in P450cam, we have prepared L358P mutant which lacks a hydrogen bond from leusine 358 and investigated the electronic structure and catalytic activity of the mutant by comparing wild type enzyme. As a result, the mutant showed negative redox potential and enhabced epoxidation activity compared to those of wild type enzyme. Our data suggest that the ferryloxy heme posessing a radical character on the oxygen may be involved in catalytic cycle of P450cam. (author abst.)