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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 118, Issue -, Pages 460-468Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.06.104
Keywords
Human flavin-containing monooxygenase isoform 3; Active site mutant; Methimazole; Calorimetry; Molecular docking
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- University of Torino
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Human flavin-containing monooxygenase isoform 3 (hFMO3) is an important hepatic drug-metabolizing enzyme, catalyzing the monooxygenation of nucleophilic heteroatom-containing xenobiotics. Based on the structure of bacterial FMO, it is proposed that a conserved asparagine is involved in both NADP(H) and substrate binding. In order to explore the role of this amino acid in hFMO3, two mutants were constructed. In the case of N61Q increasing the steric hindrance above the flavin N5-C4a causes poor NADP(H) binding, destabilizing the catalytic FAD intermediate, whereas the introduction of a negatively charged residue, N61D, interferes mainly with catalytic intermediate formation and its stability. To better understand the substrate-enzyme interaction, in vitro as well as in silico experiments were carried out with methimazole as substrate. Methimazole is a high-affinity substrate of hFMO3 and can competitively suppress the metabolism of other compounds. Our results demonstrate that methimazole Pi-stacks above the isoalloxazine ring of FAD in hFMO3, in a similar way to indole binding to the bacterial FMO. However, for hFMO3 indole is found to act as a non-substrate competitive inhibitor. Finally, understanding the binding mode of methimazole and indole could be advantageous for development of hFMO3 inhibitors, currently investigated as a possible treatment strategy for atherosclerosis. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All tights reserved.
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