title: Construction of a 3D model of cytochrome P450 2B4.
abstract: A three-dimensional structural model of rabbit phenobarbital-inducible cytochrome P450 2B4 (LM2) was constructed by homology modeling techniques previously developed for building and evaluating a 3D model of the cytochrome P450choP isozyme. Four templates with known crystal structures including cytochrome P450cam, terp, BM-3 and eryF were used in multiple sequence alignments and construction of the cytochrome P450 2B4 coordinates. The model was evaluated for its overall quality using available protein analysis programs and found to be satisfactory. The model structure was stable at room temperature during a 140 ps unconstrained full protein molecular dynamics simulation. A putative substrate access channel and binding site were identified. Two different substrates, benzphetamine and androstenedione, that are metabolized by cytochrome P450 2B4 with pronounced product specificity were docked into the putative binding site. Two orientations were found for each substrate that could lead to the observed preferred products. Using a geometric fit method three regions on the surface of the model cytochrome P450 structure were identified as possible sites for interaction with cytochrome b5, a redox partner of P450 2B4. Residues that may interact with the substrates and with cytochrome b5 have been identified and mutagenesis studies are currently in progress.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Stiffelman
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Vakser
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Loew
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bridges
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Waskell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000735:Androstenedione / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D001589:Benzphetamine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015786:Cytochromes b5 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015202:Protein Engineering; D011817:Rabbits; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001589:Benzphetamine; D000735:Androstenedione; D015786:Cytochromes b5; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C050356:steroid 15-alpha-hydroxylase