title: Reduced oxy intermediate observed in D251N cytochrome P450cam.
abstract: Cytochrome P450s are ubiquitous heme proteins responsible for various oxidative metabolic processes. The overall rate-determining step in the catalytic cycle of native cytochrome P450cam is the reduction of the dioxygen complex, which has made detection of catalytic intermediates after this reduction impossible. However, for the site-specific mutant D251N cytochrome P450cam (which affects proton transfer near the catalytic center), the overall rate-determining step occurs after the reduction of oxy-P450. As a consequence, we have observed in the UV-visible spectrum during catalytic turnover a new intermediate that is one electron reduced from oxy-P450 with an intact dioxygen bond.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana 61801, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Suslick
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sligar
mesh_terms: D019475:Camphor 5-Monooxygenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010782:Photolysis; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C013216:potassium phosphate; D019475:Camphor 5-Monooxygenase; D010100:Oxygen