Putidaredoxin-cytochrome P450(cam) interaction: Spin state of the heme iron modulates putidaredoxin structure

Hideo Shimada, Shingo Nagano, Yoko Ariga, Masashi Unno, Tsuyoshi Egawa, Takako Hishiki, Yuzuru Ishimura, Futoshi Masuya, Takashi Obata, Hiroshi Hori

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Abstract

During the monooxygenase reaction catalyzed by cytochrome P450(cam) (P450(cam)), a ternary complex of P450(cam), reduced putidaredoxin, and d- camphor is formed as an obligatory reaction intermediate. When ligands such as CO, NO, and O2 bind to the heme iron of P450(cam) in the intermediate complex, the EPR spectrum of reduced putidaredoxin with a characteristic signal at 346 millitesla at 77 K changed into a spectrum having a new signal at 348 millitesla. The experiment with O2 was carried out by employing a mutant P450(cam) with Asp251 → Asn or Gly where the rate of electron transfer from putidaredoxin to oxyferrous P450(cam) is considerably reduced. Such a ligand-induced EPR spectral change of putidaredoxin was also shown in situ in Pseudomonas putida. Mutations introduced into the neighborhood of the iron-sulfur cluster of putidaredoxin revealed that a Ser44 → Gly mutation mimicked the ligand-induced spectral change of putidaredoxin. Arg109 and Arg112, which are in the putative putidaredoxin binding site of P450(cam), were essential for the spectral changes of putidaredoxin in the complex. These results indicate that a change in the P450(cam) active site that is the consequence of an altered spin state is transmitted to putidaredoxin within the ternary complex and produces a conformational change of the 2Fe-2S active center.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9363-9369
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume274
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2 1999
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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