title: P450BM-3: absolute configuration of the primary metabolites of palmitic acid.
abstract: P450BM-3, a catalytically self-sufficient, soluble bacterial P450, contains on the same polypeptide a heme domain and a reductase domain. P450BM-3 catalyzes the oxidation of short- and long-chain, saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. The three-dimensional structure of the heme domain both in the absence and in the presence of fatty acid substrates has been determined; however, the fatty acid in the substrate-bound form is not adequately close to the heme iron to permit a prediction regarding the stereoselectivity of oxidation. In the case of long-chain fatty acids, the products can also serve as substrate and be metabolized several times. In the current study, we have determined the absolute configuration of the three primary products of palmitic acid hydroxylation (15-, 14-, and 13-OH palmitic acid). While the 15- and 14-hydroxy compounds are produced in a highly stereoselective manner (98% R, 2% S), the 13-hydroxy is a mixture of 72% R and 28% S. We have also examined the binding of these three hydroxy acids to P450BM-3 and shown that only two of them (14-OH and 13-OH palmitic acid) can bind to and be further metabolized by P450BM-3. The results indicate that in contrast to the flexibility of palmitoleic acid bound to the oxidized enzyme, palmitic acid is rigidly bound in the active site during catalytic turnover.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75235-9038, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Truan
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Komandla
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; C052423:flavocytochrome P450 BM3 monoxygenases