title: Active-site analysis of ferric P450 enzymes: hydrogen-bonding effects on the circular dichroism spectra.
abstract: Active-site CD spectra were analyzed for P450's with known x-ray structures (P450terp, P450BM-3, P450cam). CD spectral patterns for Fe(3+)-substrate-free P450's reflect structure/function properties of the distal pocket. P450terp and P450BM-3 have an H-bond between 6th ligand and I-helix [Hasemann, C.A., et al. (1995) Structure, 3, 41-62], and the Soret CD band at approximately 410 nm is approximately 2-fold larger than that at approximately 350 nm. For P450cam, the two CD bands are more nearly equal, and the 6th ligand is not H-bonded to the I-helix. The CD spectral pattern can be used to predict active-site structural properties, e.g., H-bonding and polarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000201:enzymology; D001665:Binding Sites; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008961:Models, Structural; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000201:enzymology; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System