title: The reduction of putidaredoxin reductase by reduced pyridine nucleotides.
abstract: Putidaredoxin reductase (PdR), an FAD-containing protein, mediates the transfer of electrons from NADH to putidaredoxin in the cytochrome P-450cam-dependent oxidation of camphor. Using stopped-flow spectrophotometry, reduction of putidaredoxin reductase by NADH (70 microM) at 4 degrees C appeared to be a pseudo-first-order process with a rate constant in excess of 600 s-1. The reduction of putidaredoxin reductase by NADPH was much slower with a second-order rate constant of 530 s-1 M-1 at 4 degrees C. The reduction of the enzyme was monitored at several wavelengths: 455 nm to follow flavin reduction; 700 nm to follow the appearance of the long-wavelength charge-transfer complex; and 513 nm to detect the presence of a semiquinone form of the flavoprotein. There was no apparent semiquinone formation observed during reduction. The charge-transfer complex can be formed in the presence of NAD+, whereas, no charge-transfer band could be detected when PdR was reduced with NADPH. The titration of chemically or NADPH-reduced putidaredoxin reductase with either a stoichiometric or an excess amount of NAD+ resulted in the formation of a charge-transfer complex, indicating that the reduced form of PdR has a high affinity for NAD+ regardless of the method of reduction. The data presented indicate that putidaredoxin reductase is reduced without the formation of semiquinone intermediate and, upon reduction, forms a tight complex with NAD+. The Keq for the reduction of PdR by NADPH is 1.1 and the midpoint potential for this reaction is -317 +/- 5 mV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Roome
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism*; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D009249:NADP; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; C022486:putidaredoxin reductase