title: Engineering cytochrome P450 BM-3 for oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
abstract: Cytochrome P450 BM-3, a self-sufficient P450 enzyme from Bacillus megaterium that catalyzes the subterminal hydroxylation of long-chain fatty acids, has been engineered into a catalyst for the oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The activities of a triplet mutant (A74G/F87V/L188Q) towards naphthalene, fluorene, acenaphthene, acenaphthylene, and 9-methylanthracene were 160, 53, 109, 287, and 22/min, respectively. Compared with the activities of the wild type towards these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, those of the mutant were improved by up to 4 orders of magnitude. The coupling efficiencies of the mutant towards naphthalene, fluorene, acenaphthene, acenaphthylene, and 9-methylanthracene were 11, 26, 5.4, 15, and 3.2%, respectively, which were also improved several to hundreds fold. The high activities of the mutant towards polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons indicate the potential of engineering P450 BM-3 for the biodegradation of these compounds in the environment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Q S
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D009154:Mutation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System