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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The crystal structure of the complex between the heme- and FMN-binding domains of bacterial cytochrome P450BM-3, a prototype for the complex between eukaryotic microsomal P450s and P450 reductase, has been determined at 2.03 A resolution. The flavodoxin-like flavin domain is positioned at the proximal face of the heme domain with the FMN 4.0 and 18.4 A from the peptide that precedes the heme-binding loop and the heme iron, respectively. The heme-binding peptide represents the most efficient and coupled through-bond electron pathway to the heme iron. Substantial differences between the FMN-binding domains of P450BM-3 and microsomal P450 reductase, observed around the flavin-binding sites, are responsible for different redox properties of the FMN, which, in turn, control electron flow to the P450.

Structure of a cytochrome P450-redox partner electron-transfer complex.,Sevrioukova IF, Li H, Zhang H, Peterson JA, Poulos TL Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Mar 2;96(5):1863-8. PMID:10051560^[1]

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