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Key substrate recognition residues in the active site of a plant cytochrome P450, CYP73A1
Author(s) -
Schoch Guillaume A.,
Attias Roger,
Le Ret Monique,
WerckReichhart Danièle
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
european journal of biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1432-1033
pISSN - 0014-2956
DOI - 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03739.x
Subject(s) - active site , chemistry , stereochemistry , cinnamic acid , hydroxylation , docking (animal) , homology modeling , binding site , cytochrome p450 , substrate (aquarium) , enzyme , biochemistry , biology , medicine , ecology , nursing
CYP73 enzymes are highly conserved cytochromes P450 in plant species that catalyse the regiospecific 4‐hydroxylation of cinnamic acid to form precursors of lignin and many other phenolic compounds. A CYP73A1 homology model based on P450 experimentally solved structures was used to identify active site residues likely to govern substrate binding and regio‐specific catalysis. The functional significance of these residues was assessed using site‐directed mutagenesis. Active site modelling predicted that N302 and I371 form a hydrogen bond and hydrophobic contacts with the anionic site or aromatic ring of the substrate. Modification of these residues led to a drastic decrease in substrate binding and metabolism without major perturbation of protein structure. Changes to residue K484, which is located too far in the active site model to form a direct contact with cinnamic acid in the oxidized enzyme, did not influence initial substrate binding. However, the K484M substitution led to a 50% loss in catalytic activity. K484 may affect positioning of the substrate in the reduced enzyme during the catalytic cycle, or product release. Catalytic analysis of the mutants with structural analogues of cinnamic acid, in particular indole‐2‐carboxylic acid that can be hydroxylated with different regioselectivities, supports the involvement of N302, I371 and K484 in substrate docking and orientation.

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