期刊
BIOPOLYMERS
卷 101, 期 3, 页码 197-209出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bip.22301
关键词
cytochrome P450 monooxygenase; interdomain electron transfer; HEME; FMN complex
资金
- European Union seventh framework program (OXYGREEN) [212281]
Flavocytochrome P450BM-3 is a soluble bacterial reductase composed of two flavin (FAD/FMN) and one HEME domains. In this article, we have performed molecular dynamics simulations on both the isolated FMN and HEME domains and their crystallographic complex, with the aim to study their binding modes and to garner insight into the interdomain electron transfer (ET) mechanism. The results evidenced an interdomain conformational rearrangement that reduces the average distance between the FMN and HEME cofactors from 1.81 nm, in the crystal structure, to an average value of 1.41 +/- 0.09 nm along the simulation. This modification is in agreement with previously proposed hypotheses suggesting that the crystallographic FMN/HEME complex is not in the optimal arrangement for favorable ET rate under physiological conditions. The calculation of the transfer rate along the simulation, using the Pathways Path method, demonstrated the occurrence of seven ET pathways between the two redox centers, with three of them providing ET rates (K-ET) comparable with the experimental one. The sampled ET pathways comprise the amino acids N319, L322, F390, K391, P392, F393, A399, C400, and Q403 of the HEME domain and M490 of the FMN domain. The values of K-ET closer to the experiment were found along the pathways FMN(C7) F390 K391 P392 HEME(Fe) and FMN(C8) M490 F393 HEME(Fe). Finally, the analysis of the collective modes of the protein complex evidences a clear correlation of the first two essential modes with the activation of the most effective ET pathways along the trajectory. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 101: 197-209, 2014.
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