title: Carbon monoxide binding to cytochrome P450BM-3: evidence for a substrate-dependent conformational change.
abstract: The kinetics of carbon monoxide binding to cytochrome P450BM-3 in the presence and absence of substrate has been investigated using flash photolysis. The second order kinetics for CO association with the substrate-free form of the protein appear biphasic. Deconvolution into two exponentials yields fast and slow rate constants of 11.1 +/- 0.6 x 10(6) M-1 s-1 and 3.5 +/- 0.2 x 10(6) M-1 s-1, respectively with 52% of the signal being attributed to the fast phase. Interestingly, upon binding of a substrate such as laurate, the second order kinetics become monophasic, with a value of 3.5 x 10(6) M-1 s-1, which are similar to the slow rate found in the substrate-free form of the protein. We have also examined the geminate CO rebinding kinetics in the presence and absence of various substrates. In the substrate-free form of the overall geminate yield is 30%, and addition of a substrate increases the geminate yield to roughly 50%. Both the substrate-free and substrate-bound forms exhibit complex geminate kinetics which cannot be described by a simple three-state kinetic model. Extension of this model to include four states is required. The addition of substrate causes an increase in the geminate rate constants resulting in a larger geminate amplitude when compared to the substrate-free form. There is also evidence for a correlation between the volume occupied by the substrate and the geminate rate constants. These results are discussed in terms of substrate-dependent conformational changes in cytochrome P450BM-3 and the overall energy landscape of the hemoprotein which couples to conformer equilibria.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yeom
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sligar
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; C052423:flavocytochrome P450 BM3 monoxygenases