Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 261-266Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700537
Keywords
CYP102A1; cytochromes P450; enzyme catalysis; fatty acids; P450(BM3)
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The hydroxylation activity of the Thr268Ala mutant of P450(BM3) has been shown to occur to varying degrees with small alterations in the structure of a fatty-acid substrate. Ten substrates were investigated, including straight chain, branched chain and cis-cyclopropyl substituted fatty acids with a straight-chain length that varied between 12 and 76 carbon atoms. The efficacy of the hydroxylation activity appeared to be governed by the chain length of the substrate. Substrates possessing 14 to 15 carbons afforded the highest levels of activity, which were comparable with the wild-type enzyme. Outside of this window, straight-chain fatty acids showed reduced activity over the other substrate types. These results provide a cautionary tale concerning the loss of ferryl activity in such cytochrome P450 threonine to alanine mutants, as the nature of the substrate con determine the extent to which hydroxylation chemistry is abolished.
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