... [1,14] The lack of hydroxylation of vitamin D3 at position 22 now provides a clear explanation for the inability of P450scc to cleave the side chain of vitamin D3 Hydroxylation ofthe side chain of ... purifying them and determining the substrates from which they arose by the action of P450scc, as well as the products that they gave rise to This revealed both the major and minor pathways for the ... difference between the metabolism of vitamin D3 and cholesterol by P450scc is that the dissociation of intermediates occurs for the metabolism of vitamin D3, but not for the metabolism of cholesterol...
... low-level protection ofthe 177-bp fragment The protection of a fragment of 177 bp demonstrates that the protection ofthe probe is specific for the size ofthe exon fragment, and is therefore specifically ... (predicted in the case of CYP4x1 and known for the crystal structure in the case of CYP102) Numbers at the side ofthe alignment represent the residue number (B) Molecular model ofthe predicted ... in one of two possible orientations, or alternatively longer-chain fatty acids, but that the oxidation of these is not directed, as is usually the case in the CYP4s, to the terminus of their carbon...
... effect of these mutations on the electron transfer process To elucidate the mechanism by which mutations on the J helix and in the vicinity ofthe b sheet 3–3 can affect the catalytic properties of ... transformed with the pCW vector CYP6A2 concentrations In order to assess the stability ofthe CYP6A2wt and mutant enzymes, we measured the apoenzyme and the holoenzyme amount for each one of them The CYP6A2 ... had no effect on the spectra The type of substrateinduced binding spectra was determined by the positions ofthe peak and the valley on the spectrum [43] Sequence alignment The alignments between...
... intermediate [11] The sum of these ndings points at the involvement of more than one active oxidant in the diverse types of P450-catalyzed substrate processing [1215] The goal ofthe present perspective ... which small alterations in the environment can cause drastic changes in the reactivity ofthe active species [76] Further support in favour ofthe idea ofthe involvement of a high-valent iron-oxene ... direct evidence vis-a-vis the TSR theory On the other hand, intractability of high-energy intermediates such as ferryl precludes facile experimental proof ofthe ễtwostateế proposal owing to lack of...
... from the CYP77A4-transformed yeasts, the level of expression ofthe enzyme was evaluated on the basis ofthe differential absorbance of reduced CO-bound versus reduced microsomes at 450 nm [35] The ... evaporated before the addition of microsomes into the glass tube Resolubilization ofthe substrates was confirmed by measuring the radioactivity ofthe incubation media The enzymatic activities of CYP77A4 ... sides ofthe hydroxyl function carrying the trimethylsilyl group This fragmentation pattern is characteristic ofthe derivative of 13-hydroxyoleic acid (x-5) (M = 384 gÆmol)1) The mass spectrum of...
... interested in the inter-avin ET reactions, so the pH dependence ofthe kinetic behaviour at 600 nm was analysed, reporting on the formation ofthe blue, neutral sq species ofthe FMN and the FAD cofactors ... NADPH In the following, a synopsis ofthe gathered results is used to support the hypothesis that the blue di-sq is kinetically less exposed at elevated pH The protonation state ofthe N5 in the avin ... H2O and D2O The symbols are the same as those in (B) Figure S5 presents the ratio of kfast and kslow in H2O and D2O as a function ofthe pH value (D) The pH dependence ofthe SKIEs for the up phase...
... the binding of NADH rather than the electron transfer to form I Confusion regarding the isosbestic point (at 440 nm) in the latter stage ofthe process (Fig 4) is due to the + appearance ofthe ... Arg292; from the top to the bottom ofthe pocket) are located on one side ofthe pocket beneath the B¢-helix, whereas only one charged residue (Arg174) is present on the other side beneath the F,G-loop ... charges in the haem-distal pocket The location ofthe negatively charged amino acid residues in the haem-distal pocket of P450nor is shown in Fig The B¢-helix and F,G-loop form the entrance ofthe pocket...
... rate of 0.8 mLÆmin)1 The peaks were detected at a wavelength of 244 nm using a diode array detector MS (time -of- flight) An aliquot (5%, v/v) ofthe eluent from the HPLC column was split to the ... for each ofthe 512 increments The same parameters were used for phase sensitive 1H-1H NOESY with H2O suppression on the water signal except for the number of scans (32), the number of data points ... characterization of one ofthe minor hydroxylation products of testosterone, with an estimated total amount of lg Spectroscopy alone yielded an unequivocal assignment ofthe product Traces of a product...
... effect on the spin-state of NHisP450mor in the presence or absence of any ofthe tested N-heterocycles In order to obtain more information about the binding properties ofthe active site of P450mor ... conditions However, from the slope ofthe initial linear range ofthe kinetic plot, the constants Vmax ⁄ Km of 1.1 electronsÆmin)1Ænm)1 for NHis-Fdmor and Vmax ⁄ Km of 0.9 electronsÆmin)1Ænm)1 ... formation ofthe inactive P420 species The binding of substrates to cytochromes P450 usually induces transition ofthe heme from the low-spin 1154 B Sielaff and J R Andreesen state to the high-spin...
... similar to that ofthe proton at the 3-OH position, and it is a proton characteristic of a vicinal hydroxyl group Compared with the results of Guryev et al [18], this is the fingerprint of 20,22(OH)-vitamin ... carbon atom C-20, the 1H NMR spectrum of compound P1 shows the singlet signal of methyl group CH3-21 instead ofthe doublet 4082 A Slominski et al Concomitant with this change there is also a significant ... shift (D ¼ 0.32 p.p.m) ofthe CH3-21 signal The same shift had been reported for a preparation of 20-hydroxyvitamin D3 [18] The difference between the chemical shifts of CH3-21 in cholesterol...
... [3,4] The dual activity of CYP17 and the differential regulation thereof have been the subject of many studies It is apparent that the normal expression and dual hydroxylase and lyase activities of ... Before the addition and (B) after the addition of NADH to the reference cuvette The reduction in the peak at 425 nm after addition of NADH is indicative ofthe presence of cytochrome b5 (C) NADH reduced ... respect to the interaction ofthe enzyme with the 17-hydroxylated intermediate Baboon CYP17 initially converted most ofthe PREG to 17-OHPREG and during the entire experiment, the ratio of DHEA/17-OHPREG...
... the data for the camphane complex as an example As the simplest approximation we used a linear combination of two bimolecular processes to fit the curves At bar the fractions ofthe slow and the ... the fraction w ofthe fast phase gradually increases from % 54% at bar to % 65% at 1000 bar The plot of ln(w/(1 ) w)), which corresponds to the logarithm ofthe equilibrium constant between the ... strongly on the presence of substrate methyl groups and correlates with the initial high-spin state content at 297 K [3] The slope ofthe loss ofthe high-spinstate content DHS with the temperature...
... 10.6 and for P450 2E1 was 7.7 The value of these measurements lies in their comparison with the values measured in the intramolecular experiments, i.e the estimates ofthe intrinsic kinetic isotope ... microsomes These results indicate that the rate of C-H bond-breaking is a major factor in determining the rates ofthe reactions under all conditions Some shifting ofthe oxidations to the alternate ... due to the lower rates and the difficulty of estimating kcat and Km (Fig 3) Another possible complication is the oxidation ofthe product acetaldehyde by P450 2E1 [33] and the effect on the apparent...
... amounts of PE were able to transform E to 20E This result suggests that these calli lines lack the biosynthetic machinery required for the first steps of PE biosynthesis However, some ofthe enzymes ... on the dose of E applied to the calli and the incubation time This showed that levels of P450 protein measured by CO-binding spectra increased as a linear function ofthe E amount applied to the ... because ofthe lower amount of P450 in the fern microsomes Pigment extraction was carried out with Triton X-114 in the presence of boric acid, as reported previously [40] The high percentage of detergent...
... in the response to glucocorticoids, the concurrence ofthe CYP3A1 and the C/EBP responsiveness was investigated in the rat liver upon synthetic glucocorticoid administration The hypothesis of ... positive effect on the steady-state levels of both the mRNA and protein levels in the liver The increase in the levels of both hepatic C/ EBPa isoforms clearly precedes induction ofthe CYP3A1 mRNA, ... observations ofthe induction of C/EBPa mRNA and protein preceding the accumulation of CYP3A1 mRNA in rat liver suggest the importance ofthe characterized C/EBPa promoter elements in the up-regulation of...
... construction of a CYP73A1 model, the identification of residues likely to form contacts with the substrate, and the confirmation by site-directed mutagenesis ofthe involvement of some of these residues ... hindrance to the binding ofthe substrate above the haem iron As expected, the I371A mutation substantially decreases CA affinity and the ability to desolvate the active site Around 10% ofthe catalytic ... loss of binding was also observed upon substitution of I371 with the bulky phenylalanine The insertion of a positive charge in the 371 position does not completely prevent the binding ofthe substrate,...
... connecting M1 to M2 and to assess the factors that govern the stability of carbinol-amide and carbinol-amine, we initially computed the thermodynamics ofthe formation ofthe hydroxy metabolite via ... that the structure ofthe substrate has almost no inuence on the energetics ofthe reca2172 tions shown in Equations (1) and (2) The presence or absence of an intramolecular hydrogen bond in the ... HPLC separation in the presence of acids or bases In the case of metabolism of TTX and its analogs, we have shown that under such conditions rapid cleavage ofthe formyl moiety ofthe carbinol-amide...
... of lacerata was the production ofthe omega-hydroxy FA constitutive ofthe cutin polymer matrix ofthe cuticle Reverse genetics approaches in Arabidopsis and potato enabled investigation ofthe ... involvement of other members ofthe CYP86 family in the synthesis of cutin and the FEBS Journal 278 (2011) 195–205 ª 2010 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2010 FEBS F Pinot and F Beisson other major ... between the oxiran and a polar residue ofthe active site The enantioselectivity of CYP94A1 for 9R,10S-epoxystearic acid supports this hypothesis The high constraints on the substrate in the active...
... breakdown product occurring in the soil Furthermore, branched chain fatty acids make up 80% ofthe fatty acid content ofthe Bacillus sp membranes and when the hydroxylation of these substrates was studied ... 10–17% of them display activity towards fatty acids or related structures On the one hand, these activities are linked to the degradation of fatty acids and alkanes; metabolization of these latter ... conversion of oleic acid to its diacid occurs twice as quickly as the formation of x-hydroxy oleic acid [27] Despite the in vitro evidence, there is no clear answer to the question of which role...
... generated through other modifications ofthe side chain or ofthe A-ring [12] Cytochrome P450scc (CYP11A1) catalyzes the first step in steroid synthesis, the cleavage ofthe side chain of cholesterol ... under anesthesia The animals were housed at the vivarium ofthe Department of Biotestings of Bioorganic Chemistry Institute, Minsk, Belarus The experi- 2898 ments were approved by the Belarus ... 3A and Fig 3B), while the proton NMR ofthe 17-CH in the vitamin D2 standard at 1.32 p.p.m disappeared The shift ofthe 14-CH is FEBS Journal 273 (2006) 2891–2901 ª 2006 The Authors Journal compilation...