title: Purification and characterization of 2-ethoxyphenol-induced cytochrome P450 from Corynebacterium sp. strain EP1.
abstract: A soluble cytochrome P450 (P450EP1A) induced by 2-ethoxyphenol was purified to apparent homogeneity from Corynebacterium sp. strain EP1. The P450EP1A showed a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with a molecular weight of about 45 kDa. The CO-reduced difference spectra of P450EP1A had a Soret maximum at 447.6 nm. The substrate difference spectra with 2-ethoxyphenol showed an absorption maximum at 394.0 nm. The purified P450EP1A degraded 2-ethoxyphenol in an assay system composed of spinach ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase and NADPH. The reaction activity decreased to 1.4% of its original activity by addition of CO. The existence of catechol in the reaction mixture was confirmed after the metabolic reaction, indicating that P450EP1A catalyzes O-dealkylation of 2-ethoxyphenol. In addition to 2-ethoxyphenol, the P450EP1A metabolized 2-methoxyphenol, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride, benzene, and toluene.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Hygiene, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikatsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomochika
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinoda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System