PubMed · 808327
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B Hauttecoeur, M Jolivet, R Gavard. 1975-06-30. (-)-(minus). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/808327/
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1. The gene CYP102 encoding cytochrome P-450 BM-3 and subgenes encoding the cytochrome P-450 and cytochrome P-450 reductase domains have been cloned in Escherichia coli. 2. The protein products of these genes have been overexpressed and purified to homogeneity. 3. The cytochrome P-450 domain is purified in the ferric low-spin state, but is readily converted into the high-spin state by addition of the substrate palmitate (Ks = 1 microM). The cytochrome P-450 reductase domain readily reduces cytochrome c. Mixing the two domains reconstitutes only about one-thousandth of the fatty acid hydroxylase activity associated with the intact cytochrome P-450 BM-3. 4. The X-band e.p.r. spectra of both the cytochrome P-450 domain and intact cytochrome P-450 BM-3 give g-values indicating low-spin ferric haem. The spectra are virtually identical with those of the equivalent form of cytochrome P-450 cam indicating that the haem ligation in cytochrome P-450 BM-3 is identical with that of cytochrome P-450 cam. 5. Resonance Raman spectra of the substrate-free and substrate-bound forms of the cytochrome P-450 domain are given. Spectral differences in comparison with cytochrome P-450 cam may reflect subtle electronic differences between the respective haem environments.
Cytochromes P450 are members of a superfamily of hemoproteins that are involved in the metabolism of various physiologic and xenobiotic organic compounds. This superfamily of proteins can be divided into two classes based on the electron donor proximal to the P450: an iron-sulfur protein for class I P450s or a flavoprotein for class II. The only known tertiary structure of any of the cytochromes P450 is that of P450cam, a class I soluble enzyme isolated from Pseudomonas putida (product of the CYP101 gene). To understand the details of the structure-function relationships within and between the two classes, structural studies on additional cytochromes P450 are crucial. We report here characterization of the crystal forms of two soluble, bacterial enzymes: cytochrome P450terp [class I enzyme from a Pseudomonas species (product of CYP108 gene)] and the hemoprotein domain of cytochrome P450BM-3 [class II enzyme from Bacillus megaterium (product of the CYP102 gene)]. The crystals of cytochrome P450terp are hexagonal and belong to the space group P6(1)22 (or its enantiomorph, P6(5)22) with unit cell dimensions a = b = 68.9 A and c = 458.7 A. The crystals of the hemoprotein domain of cytochrome P450BM-3 are monoclinic and belong to the space group P2(1) with unit cell dimensions a = 59.4 A, b = 154.0 A, c = 62.2 A, and beta = 94.7 degrees. Diffraction data for the crystals of these two proteins were obtained to a resolution better than 2.2 A. Assuming the presence of two molecules in the asymmetric unit for the hemoprotein domain of P450BM-3 and one molecule for P450terp, the calculated values of Vm are 2.6 and 3.3 A3/Da, respectively.
The structures of the helices II-III region and the helix IV region of B. megaterium 5S rRNA have been examined by means of energy minimization and molecular dynamics calculations. Calculated distances between neighboring hydrogen-bonded imino protons in helices II, III, and IV were between 3.5 and 4.5 A. The overall axis for the helices II-III region is warped rather than straight. Formation of additional Watson-Crick base pairs in loop B and loop C was not evident from the atomic positions calculated by molecular dynamics. Bases in loop C are well stacked, showing no significant change during dynamics. Bulge migration in helix III does not seem to be possible; the helices II-III region prefers one conformation. Helix II is more stable than helix III. Five base pairs in helix IV were sufficiently stable to establish that helix IV is terminated by a hairpin loop of three nucleotides. U87 protrudes from loop D. Structures of the helices II-III segment and the helix IV segment of B. megaterium 5S rRNA obtained by molecular dynamics were generally consistent with the solution structure inferred from high-field proton nmr spectroscopy.