title: Iron-ligand structure and iron redox property of nitric oxide reductase cytochrome P450nor from Fusarium oxysporum: relevance to its NO reduction activity.
abstract: We studied the nitric oxide reductase, cytochrome P450nor, purified from a denitrifying fungus Fusarium oxysporum with electron paramagnetic resonance spectral and redox potential measurements. The EPR spectral features of P450nor in the ferric resting, the ferric cyanide-bound, and the ferrous NO-bound forms were the same as the corresponding ones of other general P450s such as Pseudomonas putida P450cam. In contrast, the metyrapone complex of ferric P450nor gave an EPR spectrum with significantly different g values from that of P450cam. The EPR results were explained in terms of similarity in the immediate configuration of the S(-)-Fe-ligand (H2O, CN-, NO) structure between P450nor and P450cam but a structural difference at the heme distal pocket, especially in the substrate binding domain; P450cam has a camphor binding domain, while P450nor does not. In spite of the same S(-)-Fe-H2O configuration, the redox potential of P450nor in the ferric/ferrous couple was measured to be -307 mV, which is much lower than those of the camphor-bound (-140 mV) and -free (-250 mV) P450cam. The lower redox potential could be attributable to the different electrostatic interaction of the heme with its surroundings; e.g., the heme environment of P450nor is charged either more negatively or less positively than P450cam.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Isogai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Obayashi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shoun
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005670:Fusarium / Q000201:enzymology; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D007501:Iron; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C080610:nitric-oxide reductase (P450)