Abstract
Our understanding of structure-function relationships have made considerable advances owing to the increasing number of new P450 crystal structures. This is especially true with mammalian P450s. As always, the main bottleneck in a structure determination project is crystallization. While the crystallization techniques used for P450 crystal growth are not much different from that utilized for other proteins, special protein engineering strategies have been developed in order to generate soluble, homogeneous membrane-bound P450 samples amendable for crystallization. Newly determined P450 structures also provide convincing evidence that P450 enzymes are highly dynamic and flexible. Common structural elements found in all P450s have been identified that undergo large conformational changes to allow substrate access and product release. In addition, flexible regions may enable the active site to adapt to the binding of substrates of different size, shape, and polarity. This review will focus on the successful membrane P450 crystallization techniques and the new structural insights based on the growing P450 structure database.
Keywords: cytochrome p450, crystallization, crystal structure, substrate-enzyme interaction
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Crystallization of Cytochromes P450 and Substrate-Enzyme Interactions
Volume: 4 Issue: 16
Author(s): Huiying Li and Thomas L. Poulos
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Keywords: cytochrome p450, crystallization, crystal structure, substrate-enzyme interaction
Abstract: Our understanding of structure-function relationships have made considerable advances owing to the increasing number of new P450 crystal structures. This is especially true with mammalian P450s. As always, the main bottleneck in a structure determination project is crystallization. While the crystallization techniques used for P450 crystal growth are not much different from that utilized for other proteins, special protein engineering strategies have been developed in order to generate soluble, homogeneous membrane-bound P450 samples amendable for crystallization. Newly determined P450 structures also provide convincing evidence that P450 enzymes are highly dynamic and flexible. Common structural elements found in all P450s have been identified that undergo large conformational changes to allow substrate access and product release. In addition, flexible regions may enable the active site to adapt to the binding of substrates of different size, shape, and polarity. This review will focus on the successful membrane P450 crystallization techniques and the new structural insights based on the growing P450 structure database.
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Li Huiying and Poulos L. Thomas, Crystallization of Cytochromes P450 and Substrate-Enzyme Interactions, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2004; 4 (16) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026043387205
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