Structural highlights
Function
[CPXA_PSEPU] Involved in a camphor oxidation system.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The unique monooxygenase activity of cytochrome P450cam has been attributed to coordination of a cysteine thiolate to the heme cofactor. To investigate this interaction, we replaced cysteine with the more electron-donating selenocysteine. Good yields of the selenoenzyme were obtained by bacterial expression of an engineered gene containing the requisite UGA codon for selenocysteine and a simplified yet functional selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS). The sulfur-to-selenium substitution subtly modulates the structural, electronic, and catalytic properties of the enzyme. Catalytic activity decreases only 2-fold, whereas substrate oxidation becomes partially uncoupled from electron transfer, implying a more complex role for the axial ligand than generally assumed.
Probing the role of the proximal heme ligand in cytochrome P450cam by recombinant incorporation of selenocysteine.,Aldag C, Gromov IA, Garcia-Rubio I, von Koenig K, Schlichting I, Jaun B, Hilvert D Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Mar 17. PMID:19293375[1]
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References
- ↑ Aldag C, Gromov IA, Garcia-Rubio I, von Koenig K, Schlichting I, Jaun B, Hilvert D. Probing the role of the proximal heme ligand in cytochrome P450cam by recombinant incorporation of selenocysteine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Mar 17. PMID:19293375
