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Zhou ZR, Liu F, Li S, Dong CZ, Zhang L. A fungal P450 enzyme from Fusarium equiseti HG18 with 7β-hydroxylase activity in biosynthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2024; 240:106507. [PMID: 38508471 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2024.106507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 enzyme with 7β-hydroxylation capacity has attracted widespread attentions due to the vital roles in the biosynthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a naturally active molecule for the treatment of liver and gallbladder diseases. In this study, a novel P450 hydroxylase (P450FE) was screen out from Fusarium equiseti HG18 and identified by a combination of genome and transcriptome sequencing, as well as heterologous expression in Pichia pastoris. The biotransformation of lithocholic acid (LCA) by whole cells of recombinant Pichia pastoris further confirmed the C7β-hydroxylation with 5.2% UDCA yield. It was firstly identified a fungal P450 enzyme from Fusarium equiseti HG18 with the capacity to catalyze the LCA oxidation producing UDCA. The integration of homology modeling and molecular docking discovered the substrate binding to active pockets, and the key amino acids in active center were validated by site-directed mutagenesis, and revealed that Q112, V362 and L363 were the pivotal residues of P450FE in regulating the activity and selectivity of 7β-hydroxylation. Specifically, V362I mutation exhibited 2.6-fold higher levels of UDCA and higher stereospecificity than wild-type P450FE. This advance provided guidance for improving the catalytic efficiency and selectivity of P450FE in LCA hydroxylation, indicative of the great potential in green synthesis of UDCA from biologically toxic LCA.
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- Zhen-Ru Zhou
- MOE International Joint Research Laboratory on Synthetic Biology and Medicines, School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE International Joint Research Laboratory on Synthetic Biology and Medicines, School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE International Joint Research Laboratory on Synthetic Biology and Medicines, School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Université Paris Cité, Sorbonne Paris Cité, ITODYS, UMR 7086 CNRS, 15 rue J-A de Baïf, Cedex 13, Paris 75205, France
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- MOE International Joint Research Laboratory on Synthetic Biology and Medicines, School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China; NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Control of Blood Products, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
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Li Y, Cong M, Wang W, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Song Y, Zhang W, Xiao H, Liu Y, Zhang C, Wang J, Yan Y. An Enzymatic Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage and Aldol Reaction Cascade Converts an Angular Scaffold into the Linear Tetracyclic Core of Ochraceopones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202403365. [PMID: 38454191 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Meroterpenoids of the ochraceopones family featuring a linear tetracyclic scaffold exhibit exceptional antiviral and anti-inflammatory activities. The biosynthetic pathway and chemical logic to generate this linear tetracycle, however, remain unknown. In this study, we identified and characterized all biosynthetic enzymes to afford ochraceopones and elucidated the complete biosynthetic pathway. We demonstrated that the linear tetracyclic scaffold of ochraceopones was derived from an angular tetracyclic precursor. A multifunctional cytochrome P450 OchH was validated to catalyze the free-radical-initiated carbon-carbon bond cleavage of the angular tetracycle. Then, a new carbon-carbon bond was verified to be constructed using a new aldolase OchL, which catalyzes an intramolecular aldol reaction to form the linear tetracycle. This carbon-carbon bond fragmentation and aldol reaction cascade features an unprecedented strategy for converting a common angular tetracycle to a distinctive linear tetracyclic scaffold in meroterpenoid biosynthesis.
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- Yanqin Li
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, 336 West Road of Nan Xinzhuang, Jinan, 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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He Q, Zhang HR, Zou Y. A Cytochrome P450 Catalyzes Oxidative Coupling Formation of Insecticidal Dimeric Indole Piperazine Alkaloids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404000. [PMID: 38527935 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Cytochrome P450 (CYP450)-catalyzed oxidative coupling is an efficient strategy for using simple building blocks to construct complex structural scaffolds of natural products. Among them, heterodimeric coupling between two different monomers is relatively scarce, and the corresponding CYP450s are largely undiscovered. In this study, we discovered a fungal CYP450 (CpsD) and its associated cps cluster from 37208 CYP450s of Pfam PF00067 family member database and subsequently identified a group of new skeleton indole piperazine alkaloids (campesines A-G) by combination of genome mining and heterologous synthesis. Importantly, CYP450 CpsD mainly catalyzes intermolecular oxidative heterocoupling of two different indole piperazine monomers to generate an unexpected 6/5/6/6/6/6/5/6 eight-ring scaffold through the formation of one C-C bond and two C-N bonds, illuminating its first dimerase role in this family of natural products. The proposed catalytic mechanism of CpsD was deeply investigated by diversified substrate derivatization. Moreover, dimeric campesine G shows good insecticidal activity against the global honeybee pest Galleria mellonella. Our study shows a representative example of discovering new skeleton monomeric and dimeric indole piperazine alkaloids from microbial resources, expands our knowledge of bond formation by CYP450s and supports further development of the newly discovered and engineered campesine family compounds as potential biopesticides.
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- Qian He
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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Soler J, Gergel S, Hammer SC, Garcia-Borràs M. Molecular Basis for Chemoselectivity Control in Oxidations of Internal Aryl-Alkenes Catalyzed by Laboratory Evolved P450s. Chembiochem 2024; 25:e202400066. [PMID: 38567500 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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P450 enzymes naturally perform selective hydroxylations and epoxidations of unfunctionalized hydrocarbon substrates, among other reactions. The adaptation of P450 enzymes to a particular oxidative reaction involving alkenes is of great interest for the design of new synthetically useful biocatalysts. However, the mechanism that these enzymes utilize to precisely modulate the chemoselectivity and distinguishing between competing alkene double bond epoxidations and allylic C-H hydroxylations is sometimes not clear, which hampers the rational design of specific biocatalysts. In a previous work, a P450 from Labrenzia aggregata (P450LA1) was engineered in the laboratory using directed evolution to catalyze the direct oxidation of trans-β-methylstyrene to phenylacetone. The final variant, KS, was able to overcome the intrinsic preference for alkene epoxidation to directly generate a ketone product via the formation of a highly reactive carbocation intermediate. Here, additional library screening along this evolutionary lineage permitted to serendipitously detect a mutation that overcomes epoxidation and carbonyl formation by exhibiting a large selectivity of 94 % towards allylic C-H hydroxylation. A multiscalar computational methodology was applied to reveal the molecular basis towards this hydroxylation preference. Enzyme modelling suggests that introduction of a bulky substitution dramatically changes the accessible conformations of the substrate in the active site, thus modifying the enzymatic selectivity towards terminal hydroxylation and avoiding the competing epoxidation pathway, which is sterically hindered.
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- Jordi Soler
- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Organic Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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Zhou S, Zhang ZJ, Yu JQ. Copper-catalysed dehydrogenation or lactonization of C(sp 3)-H bonds. Nature 2024; 629:363-369. [PMID: 38547926 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07341-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Cytochrome P450 enzymes are known to catalyse bimodal oxidation of aliphatic acids via radical intermediates, which partition between pathways of hydroxylation and desaturation1,2. Developing analogous catalytic systems for remote C-H functionalization remains a significant challenge3-5. Here, we report the development of Cu(I)-catalysed bimodal dehydrogenation/lactonization reactions of synthetically common N-methoxyamides through radical abstractions of the γ-aliphatic C-H bonds. The feasibility of switching from dehydrogenation to lactonization is also demonstrated by altering reaction conditions. The use of a readily available amide as both radical precursor and internal oxidant allows for the development of redox-neutral C-H functionalization reactions with methanol as the sole side product. These C-H functionalization reactions using a Cu(I) catalyst with loading as low as 0.5 mol.% is applied to the diversification of a wide range of aliphatic acids including drug molecules and natural products. The exceptional compatibility of this catalytic system with a wide range of oxidatively sensitive functionality demonstrates the unique advantage of using a simple amide substrate as a mild internal oxidant.
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- Shupeng Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Padayachee T, Lamb DC, Nelson DR, Syed K. Structure-Function Analysis of the Essential Mycobacterium tuberculosis P450 Drug Target, CYP121A1. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4886. [PMID: 38732102 PMCID: PMC11084333 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Cytochrome P450 CYP121A1 is a well-known drug target against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the human pathogen that causes the deadly disease tuberculosis (TB). CYP121A1 is a unique P450 enzyme because it uses classical and non-classical P450 catalytic processes and has distinct structural features among P450s. However, a detailed investigation of CYP121A1 protein structures in terms of active site cavity dynamics and key amino acids interacting with bound ligands has yet to be undertaken. To address this research knowledge gap, 53 CYP121A1 crystal structures were investigated in this study. Critical amino acids required for CYP121A1's overall activity were identified and highlighted this enzyme's rigid architecture and substrate selectivity. The CYP121A1-fluconazole crystal structure revealed a novel azole drug-P450 binding mode in which azole heme coordination was facilitated by a water molecule. Fragment-based inhibitor approaches revealed that CYP121A1 can be inhibited by molecules that block the substrate channel or by directly interacting with the P450 heme. This study serves as a reference for the precise understanding of CYP121A1 interactions with different ligands and the structure-function analysis of P450 enzymes in general. Our findings provide critical information for the synthesis of more specific CYP121A1 inhibitors and their development as novel anti-TB drugs.
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- Tiara Padayachee
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, University of Zululand, Empangeni 3886, South Africa;
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK;
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, University of Zululand, Empangeni 3886, South Africa;
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Song Y, Amaya JA, Murarka VC, Mendez H, Hogan M, Muldoon J, Evans P, Ortin Y, Kelly SL, Lamb DC, Poulos TL, Caffrey P. Biosynthesis of a new skyllamycin in Streptomyces nodosus: a cytochrome P450 forms an epoxide in the cinnamoyl chain. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:2835-2843. [PMID: 38511621 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00178h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Activation of a silent gene cluster in Streptomyces nodosus leads to synthesis of a cinnamoyl-containing non-ribosomal peptide (CCNP) that is related to skyllamycins. This novel CCNP was isolated and its structure was interrogated using mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The isolated compound is an oxidised skyllamycin A in which an additional oxygen atom is incorporated in the cinnamoyl side-chain in the form of an epoxide. The gene for the epoxide-forming cytochrome P450 was identified by targeted disruption. The enzyme was overproduced in Escherichia coli and a 1.43 Å high-resolution crystal structure was determined. This is the first crystal structure for a P450 that forms an epoxide in a substituted cinnamoyl chain of a lipopeptide. These results confirm the proposed functions of P450s encoded by biosynthetic gene clusters for other epoxidized CCNPs and will assist investigation of how epoxide stereochemistry is determined in these natural products.
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- Yuhao Song
- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
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Li X, Liu Y. Multiscale Study on the Intramolecular C-S Bond Formation Catalyzed by P450 Monooxygenase CxnD Involved in the Biosynthesis of Chuangxinmycin: The Critical Roles of Noncrystal Water Molecule and Conformational Change. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:4086-4098. [PMID: 38376137 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CxnD catalyzes intramolecular C-S bond formation in the biosynthesis of chuangxinmycin, which is representative of the synthesis of sulfur-containing natural heterocyclic compounds. The intramolecular cyclization usually requires the activation of two reaction sites and a large conformational change; thus, illuminating its detailed reaction mechanism remains challengeable. Here, the reaction pathway of CxnD-catalyzed C-S bond formation was clarified by a series of calculations, including Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics simulations and quantum mechanical-molecular mechanical calculations. Our results revealed that the C-S formation follows a diradical coupling mechanism. CxnD first employs Cpd I to abstract the hydrogen atom from the imino group of the indole ring, and then, the resulted Cpd II further extracts another hydrogen atom from the thiol group of the side chain to afford a diradical intermediate, in which a noncrystal water molecule entering into the active site after the formation of Cpd I was proved to play an indispensable role. Moreover, the diradical intermediate cannot directly perform the coupling reaction. It should first undergo a series of conformational changes leading to the proximity of two reaction sites. It is the flexibility of the active site of the enzyme and the side chain of the substrate that makes the diradical coupling to be successful.
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- Xinyi Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Amaya JA, Manley OM, Bian JC, Rutland CD, Leschinsky N, Ratigan SC, Makris TM. Enhancing ferryl accumulation in H 2O 2-dependent cytochrome P450s. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 252:112458. [PMID: 38141432 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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A facile strategy is presented to enhance the accumulation of ferryl (iron(IV)-oxo) species in H2O2 dependent cytochrome P450s (CYPs) of the CYP152 family. We report the characterization of a highly chemoselective CYP decarboxylase from Staphylococcus aureus (OleTSA) that is soluble at high concentrations. Examination of OleTSA Compound I (CpdI) accumulation with a variety of fatty acid substrates reveals a dependence on resting spin-state equilibrium. Alteration of this equilibrium through targeted mutagenesis of the proximal pocket favors the high-spin form, and as a result, enhances Cpd-I accumulation to nearly stoichiometric yields.
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- Jose A Amaya
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America; Department of Structural and Molecular Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America; Department of Structural and Molecular Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States of America; Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States of America.
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Jiang B, Gao L, Wang H, Sun Y, Zhang X, Ke H, Liu S, Ma P, Liao Q, Wang Y, Wang H, Liu Y, Du R, Rogge T, Li W, Shang Y, Houk KN, Xiong X, Xie D, Huang S, Lei X, Yan J. Characterization and heterologous reconstitution of Taxus biosynthetic enzymes leading to baccatin III. Science 2024; 383:622-629. [PMID: 38271490 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj3484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Paclitaxel is a well known anticancer compound. Its biosynthesis involves the formation of a highly functionalized diterpenoid core skeleton (baccatin III) and the subsequent assembly of a phenylisoserinoyl side chain. Despite intensive investigation for half a century, the complete biosynthetic pathway of baccatin III remains unknown. In this work, we identified a bifunctional cytochrome P450 enzyme [taxane oxetanase 1 (TOT1)] in Taxus mairei that catalyzes an oxidative rearrangement in paclitaxel oxetane formation, which represents a previously unknown enzyme mechanism for oxetane ring formation. We created a screening strategy based on the taxusin biosynthesis pathway and uncovered the enzyme responsible for the taxane oxidation of the C9 position (T9αH1). Finally, we artificially reconstituted a biosynthetic pathway for the production of baccatin III in tobacco.
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- Bin Jiang
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Potato Biology, The CAAS-YNNU-YINMORE Joint Academy of Potato Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Institute for Cancer Research, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Kumar R, Jayaraman M, Ramadas K, Chandrasekaran A. Computational identification and analysis of deleterious non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) in the human POR gene: a structural and functional impact. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2024; 42:1518-1532. [PMID: 37173831 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2211674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) protein is essential for steroidogenesis, and POR gene mutations are frequently associated with P450 Oxidoreductase Deficiency (PORD), a disorder of hormone production. To our knowledge, no previous attempt has been made to identify and analyze the deleterious/pathogenic non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) in the human POR gene through an extensive computational approach. Computational algorithms and tools were employed to identify, characterize, and validate the pathogenic SNPs associated with certain diseases. To begin with, all the high-confidence SNPs were collected, and their structural and functional impacts on the protein structures were explored. The results of various in silico analyses affirm that the A287P and R457H variants of POR could destabilize the interactions between the amino acids and the hydrogen bond networks, resulting in functional deviations of POR. The literature study further confirms that the pathogenic mutations (A287P and R457H) are associated with the onset of PORD. Molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) and essential dynamics (ED) studies characterized the structural consequences of prioritized deleterious mutations, representing the structural destabilization that might disrupt POR biological function. The identified deleterious mutations at the cofactor's binding domains might interfere with the essential interactions between the protein and cofactors, thus inhibiting POR catalytic activity. The consolidated insights from the computational analyses can be used to predict potential deleterious mutants and understand the disease's pathological basis and the molecular mechanism of drug metabolism for the application of personalized medication. HIGHLIGHTSNADPH cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) mutations are associated with a broad spectrum of human diseasesIdentified and analyzed the most deleterious nsSNPs of POR through the sequence and structure-based prediction toolsInvestigated the structural and functional impacts of the most significant mutations (A287P and R457H) associated with PORDMolecular dynamics and PCA-based FEL analysis were utilized to probe the mutation-induced structural alterations in PORCommunicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Rajalakshmi Kumar
- Central Inter-Disciplinary Research Facility, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pillayarkuppam, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry, India
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- Central Inter-Disciplinary Research Facility, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pillayarkuppam, Puducherry, India
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Essert A, Castiglione K. Dimer Stabilization by SpyTag/SpyCatcher Coupling of the Reductase Domains of a Chimeric P450 BM3 Monooxygenase from Bacillus spp. Improves its Stability, Activity, and Purification. Chembiochem 2024; 25:e202300650. [PMID: 37994193 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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The vast majority of known enzymes exist as oligomers, which often gives them high catalytic performance but at the same time imposes constraints on structural conformations and environmental conditions. An example of an enzyme with a complex architecture is the P450 BM3 monooxygenase CYP102A1 from Bacillus megaterium. Only active as a dimer, it is highly sensitive to dilution or common immobilization techniques. In this study, we engineered a thermostable P450BM3 chimera consisting of the heme domain of a CYP102A1 variant and the reductase domain of the homologous CYP102A3. The dimerization of the hybrid was even weaker compared to the corresponding CYP102A1 variant. To create a stable dimer, we covalently coupled the C-termini of two monomers of the chimera via SpyTag003/SpyCatcher003 interaction. As a result, purification, thermostability, pH stability, and catalytic activity were improved. Via a bioorthogonal two-step affinity purification, we obtained high purity (94 %) of the dimer-stabilized variant being robust against heme depletion. Long-term stability was increased with a half-life of over 2 months at 20 °C and 80-90 % residual activity after 2 months at 5 °C. Most catalytic features were retained with even an enhancement of the overall activity by ~2-fold compared to the P450BM3 chimera without SpyTag003/SpyCatcher003.
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- Arabella Essert
- Institute of Bioprocess Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordan-Straße 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Bioprocess Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordan-Straße 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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Wackelin DJ, Mao R, Sicinski KM, Zhao Y, Das A, Chen K, Arnold FH. Enzymatic Assembly of Diverse Lactone Structures: An Intramolecular C-H Functionalization Strategy. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:1580-1587. [PMID: 38166100 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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Lactones are cyclic esters with extensive applications in materials science, medicinal chemistry, and the food and perfume industries. Nature's strategy for the synthesis of many lactones found in natural products always relies on a single type of retrosynthetic strategy, a C-O bond disconnection. Here, we describe a set of laboratory-engineered enzymes that use a new-to-nature C-C bond-forming strategy to assemble diverse lactone structures. These engineered "carbene transferases" catalyze intramolecular carbene insertions into benzylic or allylic C-H bonds, which allow for the synthesis of lactones with different ring sizes and ring scaffolds from simple starting materials. Starting from a serine-ligated cytochrome P450 variant previously engineered for other carbene-transfer activities, directed evolution generated a variant P411-LAS-5247, which exhibits a high activity for constructing a five-membered ε-lactone, lactam, and cyclic ketone products (up to 5600 total turnovers (TTN) and >99% enantiomeric excess (ee)). Further engineering led to variants P411-LAS-5249 and P411-LAS-5264, which deliver six-membered δ-lactones and seven-membered ε-lactones, respectively, overcoming the thermodynamically unfavorable ring strain associated with these products compared to the γ-lactones. This new carbene-transfer activity was further extended to the synthesis of complex lactone scaffolds based on fused, bridged, and spiro rings. The enzymatic platform developed here complements natural biosynthetic strategies for lactone assembly and expands the structural diversity of lactones accessible through C-H functionalization.
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- Daniel J Wackelin
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Wang Y, Pan H, Wang F, Shen C. Microbial P450 repertoire (P450ome) and its application feasibility in pharmaceutical industry, chemical industry, and environmental protection. Biotechnol Bioeng 2024; 121:7-25. [PMID: 37767638 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Cytochrome P450s (CYPs) are heme-thiolated enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of C-H bonds in a regio- and stereo-selective manner. CYPs are widely present in the biological world. With the completion of more biological genome sequencing, the number and types of P450 enzymes have increased rapidly. P450 in microorganisms is easy to clone and express, rich in catalytic types, and strong in substrate adaptability, which has good application potential. Although the number of P450 enzymes found in microorganisms is huge, the function of most of the microorganism P450s has not been studied, and it contains a large number of excellent biocatalysts to be developed. This review is based on the P450 groups in microorganisms. First, it reviews the distribution of P450 groups in different microbial species, and then studies the application of microbial P450 enzymes in the pharmaceutical industry, chemical industry and environmental pollutant treatment in recent years. And focused on the application fields of P450 enzymes of different families to guide the selection of suitable P450s from the huge P450 library. In view of the current shortcomings of microbial P450 in the application process, the final solution is the most likely to assist the application of P450 enzymes in large-scale, that is, whole cell transformation combined with engineering, fusion P450 combined with immobilization technology.
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- Yongfa Wang
- College of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang, China
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base-Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Chemistry for Drug, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang, China
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Costa GJ, Liang R. Understanding the Multifaceted Mechanism of Compound I Formation in Unspecific Peroxygenases through Multiscale Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:8809-8824. [PMID: 37796883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) can selectively oxyfunctionalize unactivated hydrocarbons by using peroxides under mild conditions. They circumvent the oxygen dilemma faced by cytochrome P450s and exhibit greater stability than the latter. As such, they hold great potential for industrial applications. A thorough understanding of their catalysis is needed to improve their catalytic performance. However, it remains elusive how UPOs effectively convert peroxide to Compound I (CpdI), the principal oxidizing intermediate in the catalytic cycle. Previous computational studies of this process primarily focused on heme peroxidases and P450s, which have significant differences in the active site from UPOs. Additionally, the roles of peroxide unbinding in the kinetics of CpdI formation, which is essential for interpreting existing experiments, have been understudied. Moreover, there has been a lack of free energy characterizations with explicit sampling of protein and hydration dynamics, which is critical for understanding the thermodynamics of the proton transport (PT) events involved in CpdI formation. To bridge these gaps, we employed multiscale simulations to comprehensively characterize the CpdI formation in wild-type UPO from Agrocybe aegerita (AaeUPO). Extensive free energy and potential energy calculations were performed in a quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics setting. Our results indicate that substrate-binding dehydrates the active site, impeding the PT from H2O2 to a nearby catalytic base (Glu196). Furthermore, the PT is coupled with considerable hydrogen bond network rearrangements near the active site, facilitating subsequent O-O bond cleavage. Finally, large unbinding free energy barriers kinetically stabilize H2O2 at the active site. These findings reveal a delicate balance among PT, hydration dynamics, hydrogen bond rearrangement, and cosubstrate unbinding, which collectively enable efficient CpdI formation. Our simulation results are consistent with kinetic measurements and offer new insights into the CpdI formation mechanism at atomic-level details, which can potentially aid the design of next-generation biocatalysts for sustainable chemical transformations of feedstocks.
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- Gustavo J Costa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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Hirao H, Zhang E. Bidirectional Charge Transfer at the Heme Iron in Reversible and Quasi-irreversible Cytochrome P450 Inhibition. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:16599-16608. [PMID: 37737847 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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The coordination bonding between inhibitor ligands and heme iron plays a critical role in disrupting the essential catalytic functions of cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s). Despite its intrinsic importance and consequential implications for human health, our current understanding of coordination bonding in P450 inhibition remains limited. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted a systematic theoretical analysis of the complexes between a ferric or a ferrous heme model and representative inhibitor ligands. Specifically, we evaluated the charge-transfer (CT) effect within these complexes by employing a series of theoretical methods based on density functional theory (DFT). Through a comprehensive analysis, we unveiled the relative significance of ligand-to-heme forward CT in the ferric and ferrous complexes of reversible inhibitors. In contrast, backward CT dominates over forward CT in the ferrous heme complexes of quasi-irreversible inhibitors. Further analysis using the compact frontier orbital method underscores the elevated electron-accepting abilities of quasi-irreversible inhibitors for π backdonation, which greatly amplifies their binding affinity for the ferrous heme. This study sheds light on the intricate mechanisms underlying P450 inhibition and provides valuable insights for future inhibitor design and development.
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- Hajime Hirao
- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, P. R. China
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- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, P. R. China
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Yin J, Fu J, Shao Y, Xu J, Li H, Chen C, Zhao Y, Zheng Z, Yu C, Zheng L, Wang B. CYP51-mediated cholesterol biosynthesis is required for the proliferation of CD4 + T cells in Sjogren's syndrome. Clin Exp Med 2023; 23:1691-1711. [PMID: 36413274 DOI: 10.1007/s10238-022-00939-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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CYtochrome P450, family 51 (CYP51) is an important enzyme for de novo cholesterol synthesis in mammalian cells. In the present study, we found that the expression of CYP51 positively correlated with CD4+ T cell activation both in vivo and in vitro. The addition of ketoconazole, a pharmacological inhibitor of CYP51, prevented the proliferation and activation of anti-CD3/CD28-expanded mouse CD4+ T cells in a dose-dependent fashion. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry indicated an increase in levels of lanosterol in T cells treated with ketoconazole during activation. Ketoconazole-induced blockade of the cholesterol synthesis pathway also caused Sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 (SREBP2) activation in CD4+ T cells. Additionally, ketoconazole treatment elicited an integrated stress response in T cells that up-regulated activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) and DNA-damage inducible transcript 3 (DDIT3/CHOP) at the translational level. Furthermore, treatment with ketoconazole significantly decreased the amount of CD4+ T cells infiltrating lesions in the submandibular glands of NOD/Ltj mice. In summary, our results suggest that CYP51 plays an essential role in the proliferation and survival of CD4+ T cells, which makes ketoconazole an inhibitor of CD4+ T cell proliferation and of the SS-like autoimmune response through regulating the biosynthesis of cholesterol and inducing the integrated stress response.
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- Junhao Yin
- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, 1258 Fuxin Zhong Road, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China.
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
- National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai, China.
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
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Kumar A, Estrada DF. Structural basis of bidirectional allostery across the heme in a cytochrome P450 enzyme. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104977. [PMID: 37390989 PMCID: PMC10416055 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023] Open
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Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) are heme-containing enzymes that are present in all kingdoms of life and share a structurally homologous, globular protein fold. CYPs utilize structures distal to the heme to recognize and coordinate substrates, while the necessary interactions with redox partner proteins are mediated at the opposite, proximal surface. In the current study, we investigated the functional allostery across the heme for the bacterial enzyme CYP121A1, which utilizes a non-polar distal-to-distal dimer interface for specific binding of its dicyclotyrosine substrate. Fluorine-detected Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (19F-NMR) spectroscopy was combined with site-specific labeling of a distal surface residue (S171C of the FG-loop), one residue of the B-helix (N84C), and two proximal surface residues (T103C and T333C) with a thiol-reactive fluorine label. Adrenodoxin was used as a substitute redox protein and was found to promote a closed arrangement of the FG-loop, similar to the addition of substrate alone. Disruption of the protein-protein interface by mutagenesis of two CYP121 basic surface residues removed the allosteric effect. Moreover, 19F-NMR spectra of the proximal surface indicate that ligand-induced allostery modulates the environment at the C-helix but not the meander region of the enzyme. In light of the high degree of structural homology in this family of enzymes, we interpret the findings from this work to represent a conserved allosteric network in CYPs.
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- Amit Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
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Chambers RK, Weaver JD, Kim J, Hoar JL, Krska SW, White MC. A preparative small-molecule mimic of liver CYP450 enzymes in the aliphatic C-H oxidation of carbocyclic N-heterocycles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2300315120. [PMID: 37428920 PMCID: PMC10629554 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2300315120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023] Open
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An emerging trend in small-molecule pharmaceuticals, generally composed of nitrogen heterocycles (N-heterocycles), is the incorporation of aliphatic fragments. Derivatization of the aliphatic fragments to improve drug properties or identify metabolites often requires lengthy de novo syntheses. Cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes are capable of direct site- and chemo-selective oxidation of a broad range of substrates but are not preparative. A chemoinformatic analysis underscored limited structural diversity of N-heterocyclic substrates oxidized using chemical methods relative to pharmaceutical chemical space. Here, we describe a preparative chemical method for direct aliphatic oxidation that tolerates a wide range of nitrogen functionality (chemoselective) and matches the site of oxidation (site-selective) of liver CYP450 enzymes. Commercial small-molecule catalyst Mn(CF3-PDP) selectively effects direct methylene oxidation in compounds bearing 25 distinct heterocycles including 14 out of 27 of the most frequent N-heterocycles found in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs. Mn(CF3-PDP) oxidations of carbocyclic bioisostere drug candidates (for example, HCV NS5B and COX-2 inhibitors including valdecoxib and celecoxib derivatives) and precursors of antipsychotic drugs blonanserin, buspirone, and tiospirone and the fungicide penconazole are demonstrated to match the major site of aliphatic metabolism obtained with liver microsomes. Oxidations are demonstrated at low Mn(CF3-PDP) loadings (2.5 to 5 mol%) on gram scales of substrate to furnish preparative amounts of oxidized products. A chemoinformatic analysis supports that Mn(CF3-PDP) significantly expands the pharmaceutical chemical space accessible to small-molecule C-H oxidation catalysis.
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- Rachel K. Chambers
- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ07065
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ07065
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801
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Nagel R, Alexander L, Stewart C, Peters R. Dual factors required for cytochrome-P450-mediated hydrocarbon ring contraction in bacterial gibberellin phytohormone biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2221549120. [PMID: 37339230 PMCID: PMC10293830 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221549120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) are heme-thiolate monooxygenases that prototypically catalyze the insertion of oxygen into unactivated C-H bonds but are capable of mediating more complex reactions. One of the most remarked-upon alternative reactions occurs during biosynthesis of the gibberellin A (GA) phytohormones, involving hydrocarbon ring contraction with coupled aldehyde extrusion of ent-kaurenoic acid to form the first gibberellin intermediate. While the unusual nature of this reaction has long been noted, its mechanistic basis has remained opaque. Building on identification of the relevant CYP114 from bacterial GA biosynthesis, detailed structure-function studies are reported here, including development of in vitro assays as well as crystallographic analyses both in the absence and presence of substrate. These structures provided insight into enzymatic catalysis of this unusual reaction, as exemplified by identification of a key role for the "missing" acid from an otherwise highly conserved acid-alcohol pair of residues. Notably, the results demonstrate that ring contraction requires dual factors, both the use of a dedicated ferredoxin and absence of the otherwise conserved acidic residue, with exclusion of either limiting turnover to just the initiating and more straightforward hydroxylation. The results provide detailed insight into the enzymatic structure-function relationships underlying this fascinating reaction and support the use of a semipinacol mechanism for the unusual ring contraction reaction.
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- Raimund Nagel
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA50011
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA50011
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- Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography Facility, Iowa State University, Ames, IA50011
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA50011
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Zhao X, Zhao Y, Gou M, Liu CJ. Tissue-preferential recruitment of electron transfer chains for cytochrome P450-catalyzed phenolic biosynthesis. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eade4389. [PMID: 36630494 PMCID: PMC9833660 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade4389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 system consists of P450 monooxygenase and redox pattern(s). While the importance of monooxygenases in plant metabolism is well documented, the metabolic roles of the related redox components have been largely overlooked. Here, we show that distinct electron transfer chains are recruited in phenylpropanoid-monolignol P450 systems to support the synthesis and distribution of different classes of phenolics in different plant tissues. While Arabidopsis cinnamate 4-hydroxylase adopts conventional NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (CPR) electron transfer chain for its para-hydroxylation reaction, ferulate 5-hydroxylase uses both NADPH-CPR-cytochrome b5 (CB5) and NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase-CB5 chains to support benzene ring 5-hydroxylation, in which the former route is primarily recruited in the stem for syringyl lignin synthesis, while the latter dominates in the syntheses of 5-hydroxylated phenolics in seeds and seed coat suberin. Our study unveils an additional layer of complexity and versatility of P450 system that the plants evolved for diversifying phenolic repertoires.
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Wszołek A. Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases - versatile biocatalysts. Postepy Biochem 2022; 68:399-409. [PMID: 36649139 DOI: 10.18388/pb.2021_464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Advances in biochemistry have helped to understand the structure and function of enzymes, which in turn has led to an increase in their stability, activity and substrate specificity. Today, biocatalysis provides more sustainable, efficient and less polluting methods for the production of fine chemicals and advanced pharmaceutical intermediates. This paper presents the structure and the mechanism of action of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases and their use in the effective synthesis of biologically active compounds, which is more ecological, less time-consuming and cheaper compared to chemical synthesis. The pharmaceutical industry should take advantage of the advances in biochemistry to obtain biocatalysts for the production of fine chemicals on an industrial scale, improving the quality of end products while saving costs.
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Qiu M, Liang X, Deng S, Li Y, Ke Y, Wang P, Mei H. A unified GCNN model for predicting CYP450 inhibitors by using graph convolutional neural networks with attention mechanism. Comput Biol Med 2022; 150:106177. [PMID: 36242811 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.106177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Undesirable drug-drug interactions (DDIs) may lead to serious adverse side effects when more than two drugs are administered to a patient simultaneously. One of the most common DDIs is caused by unexpected inhibition of a specific human cytochrome P450 (CYP450), which plays a dominant role in the metabolism of the co-administered drugs. Therefore, a unified and reliable method for predicting the potential inhibitors of CYP450 family is extremely important in drug development. In this work, graph convolutional neural network (GCN) with attention mechanism and 1-D convolutional neural network (CNN) were used to extract the features of CYP ligands and the binding sites of CYP450 respectively, which were then combined to establish a unified GCN-CNN (GCNN) model for predicting the inhibitors of 5 dominant CYP isoforms, i.e., 1A2, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, and 3A4. Overall, the established GCNN model showed good performances on the test samples and achieved better performances than the recently proposed iCYP-MFE model by using the same datasets. Based on the heat-map analysis of the resulting molecular graphs, the key structural determinants of the CYP inhibitors were further explored.
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- Minyao Qiu
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China; College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China; College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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Coleman T, Doherty DZ, Zhang T, Podgorski MN, Qiao R, Lee JHZ, Bruning JB, De Voss JJ, Zhou W, Bell SG. Exploring the Factors which Result in Cytochrome P450 Catalyzed Desaturation Versus Hydroxylation. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200986. [PMID: 36268769 PMCID: PMC10100021 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The cytochrome P450 family of monooxygenase enzymes have essential biological roles involving the selective oxidation of carbon-hydrogen bonds. They can also catalyze other important metabolic reactions including desaturation to form alkenes. Currently the factors that control the partition between P450 hydroxylation and desaturation pathways are poorly defined. The CYP199A4 enzyme from the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris HaA2 catalyzes the oxidation of 4-ethyl- and 4-isopropyl- benzoic acids with hydroxylation and desaturation occurring in significant quantities. Here we demonstrate that 4-cyclopropylbenzoic acid is regioselectively hydroxylated by CYP199A4 at the benzylic carbon. In contrast, the oxidation of 4- n -propylbenzoic acid by CYP199A4 results in three major metabolites: an alkene from desaturation and two hydroxylation products at the benzylic (Cα) and Cβ carbons in similar quantities. Extending the length of the alkyl substituent resulted in 4- n -butylbenzoic acid being oxidized at the benzylic position (45%) and desaturated (55%). In contrast, 4-isobutylbenzoic generated very little alkene (5%) but was hydroxylated at the benzylic position (54%) and at the tertiary Cβ position (41%). The oxidation of 4- n -propylbenzoic acid by the F298V mutant of CYP199A4 occurred with no hydroxylation at Cβ and a significant increase in metabolites arising from desaturation (73%). The X-ray crystal structures of CYP199A4 with each substrate revealed that they bind in the active site with the alkyl substituent positioned over the heme. However, the longer alkylbenzoic acids were bound in a different conformation as was 4- n -propylbenzoic acid in the F298V mutant. Overall, the changes in metabolite distribution could be ascribed to bond strength differences and the position of the alkyl group relative to the heme.
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- Tom Coleman
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSA, 5005Australia
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSA, 5005Australia
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- College of Life Sciences and The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical BiologyNankai UniversityTianjin300071P. R. China
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- College of Life Sciences and The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical BiologyNankai UniversityTianjin300071P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSA, 5005Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSA, 5005Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD, 4072Australia
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- College of Life Sciences and The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical BiologyNankai UniversityTianjin300071P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSA, 5005Australia
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Denison M, Steinke SJ, Majeed A, Turro C, Kocarek TA, Sevrioukova IF, Kodanko JJ. Ir(III)-Based Agents for Monitoring the Cytochrome P450 3A4 Active Site Occupancy. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:13673-13677. [PMID: 35994607 PMCID: PMC9547529 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) are a superfamily of enzymes responsible for biosynthesis and drug metabolism. Monitoring the activity of CYP3A4, the major human drug-metabolizing enzyme, is vital for assessing the metabolism of pharmaceuticals and identifying harmful drug-drug interactions. Existing probes for CYP3A4 are irreversible turn-on substrates that monitor activity at specific time points in end-point assays. To provide a more dynamic approach, we designed, synthesized, and characterized emissive Ir(III) and Ru(II) complexes that allow monitoring of the CYP3A4 active-site occupancy in real time. In the bound state, probe emission is quenched by the active-site heme. Upon displacement from the active site by CYP3A4-specific inhibitors or substrates, these probes show high emission turn-on. Direct probe binding to the CYP3A4 active site was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The lead Ir(III)-based probe has nanomolar Kd and high selectivity for CYP3A4, efficient cellular uptake, and low toxicity in CYP3A4-overexpressing HepG2 cells.
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- Madeline Denison
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 6135 Woodward Avenue, Integrative Biosciences Center, Room 2126, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 6135 Woodward Avenue, Integrative Biosciences Center, Room 2126, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States
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Kühbacher A, Peiffer M, Hortschansky P, Merschak P, Bromley MJ, Haas H, Brakhage AA, Gsaller F. Azole Resistance-Associated Regulatory Motifs within the Promoter of cyp51A in Aspergillus fumigatus. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0120922. [PMID: 35575535 PMCID: PMC9241776 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01209-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the deadliest fungal species, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Because azoles provide the preferred first-line option for treatment of aspergillosis, the increase in rates of resistance and the poor therapeutic outcomes for patients infected with a resistant isolate constitute a serious global health threat. Azole resistance is frequently associated with specific tandem repeat duplications of a promoter element upstream of cyp51A, the gene that encodes the target for this drug class in A. fumigatus. This promoter element is recognized by the activating transcription factors SrbA and AtrR. This region also provides a docking platform for the CCAAT-binding complex (CBC) and HapX, which cooperate in the regulation of genes involved in iron-consuming pathways, including cyp51A. Here, we studied the regulatory contributions of SrbA, AtrR, CBC, and HapX binding sites to cyp51A expression and azole resistance under different iron availability employing promoter mutational analysis and protein-DNA interaction analysis. This strategy revealed iron status-dependent and -independent roles of these regulatory elements. We show that promoter occupation by both AtrR and SrbA is required for iron-independent steady-state transcriptional activation of cyp51A and its induction during short-term iron exposure relies on HapX binding. We further reveal the HapX binding site as a repressor element, disruption of which increases cyp51A expression and azole resistance regardless of iron availability. IMPORTANCE First-line treatment of aspergillosis typically involves the use of azole antifungals. Worryingly, their future clinical use is challenged by an alarming increase in resistance. Therapeutic outcomes for such patients are poor due to delays in switching to alternative treatments and reduced efficacy of salvage therapeutics. Our lack of understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underpin resistance hampers our ability to develop novel therapeutic interventions. In this work, we dissect the regulatory motifs associated with azole resistance in the promoter of the gene that encodes the azole drug target Cyp51A. These motifs include binding platforms for SrbA and AtrR, as well as the CCAAT-binding complex and HapX. Employing mutational analyses, we uncovered crucial cyp51A-activating and -repressing functions of the binding sites. Remarkably, disrupting binding of the iron regulator HapX increased cyp51A expression and azole resistance in an iron-independent manner.
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- Alexander Kühbacher
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Division of Infection, Immunity, and Respiratory Medicine, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Meng S, Ji Y, Liu L, Davari MD, Schwaneberg U. Modulating the Coupling Efficiency of P450 BM3 by Controlling Water Diffusion through Access Tunnel Engineering. ChemSusChem 2022; 15:e202102434. [PMID: 34936208 PMCID: PMC9302676 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202102434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cytochromes P450 have gained much interest for their broad substrate scope in the catalysis of oxidation reactions for pharmaceuticals, plastics, and hormones. However, achieving high coupling efficiency by the engineering of P450s is still a big challenge. The presence of extra water around the active site is deemed to be related to uncoupling. In this study, the access tunnels of P450 BM3 from Bacillus megaterium are engineered to control water access from bulk solvent to the active site. Nine residues located in tunnels are investigated by site-saturation mutagenesis to reduce water diffusion, thereby improving the coupling efficiency. The recombined variant N319L/T411V/T436A shows improved coupling efficiency (from 31.2 % to 52.6 %). Tunnel polarity analysis and molecular dynamics simulation further indicate that reduced water molecules around the active site lead to higher coupling efficiency. Overall, this study provides valuable insight on improving coupling efficiency by controlling water diffusion through tunnel engineering.
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- Shuaiqi Meng
- Institute of BiotechnologyRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 352074AachenGermany
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- Institute of BiotechnologyRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 352074AachenGermany
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- Beijing Bioprocess Key LaboratoryBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeisanhuan East Road 15Beijing10029P. R. China
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- Department of Bioorganic ChemistryLeibniz Institute of Plant BiochemistryWeinberg 306120HalleGermany
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- Institute of BiotechnologyRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 352074AachenGermany
- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 5052074AachenGermany
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Zetzsche LE, Yazarians JA, Chakrabarty S, Hinze ME, Murray LAM, Lukowski AL, Joyce LA, Narayan ARH. Biocatalytic oxidative cross-coupling reactions for biaryl bond formation. Nature 2022; 603:79-85. [PMID: 35236972 PMCID: PMC9213091 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04365-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Biaryl compounds, with two connected aromatic rings, are found across medicine, materials science and asymmetric catalysis1,2. The necessity of joining arene building blocks to access these valuable compounds has inspired several approaches for biaryl bond formation and challenged chemists to develop increasingly concise and robust methods for this task3. Oxidative coupling of two C-H bonds offers an efficient strategy for the formation of a biaryl C-C bond; however, fundamental challenges remain in controlling the reactivity and selectivity for uniting a given pair of substrates4,5. Biocatalytic oxidative cross-coupling reactions have the potential to overcome limitations inherent to numerous small-molecule-mediated methods by providing a paradigm with catalyst-controlled selectivity6. Here we disclose a strategy for biocatalytic cross-coupling through oxidative C-C bond formation using cytochrome P450 enzymes. We demonstrate the ability to catalyse cross-coupling reactions on a panel of phenolic substrates using natural P450 catalysts. Moreover, we engineer a P450 to possess the desired reactivity, site selectivity and atroposelectivity by transforming a low-yielding, unselective reaction into a highly efficient and selective process. This streamlined method for constructing sterically hindered biaryl bonds provides a programmable platform for assembling molecules with catalyst-controlled reactivity and selectivity.
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- Lara E Zetzsche
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Program in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Program in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Madison, WI, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Program in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Yang D, Ye F, Teijaro CN, Hwang D, Annaval T, Adhikari A, Li G, Yan X, Gui C, Rader C, Shen B. Functional Characterization of Cytochrome P450 Hydroxylase YpmL in Yangpumicin A Biosynthesis and Its Application for Anthraquinone-Fused Enediyne Structural Diversification. Org Lett 2022; 24:1219-1223. [PMID: 35084871 PMCID: PMC9594962 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Comparative analyses of four anthraquinone-fused enediyne biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) identified YpmL as a cytochrome P450 enzyme unique to the yangpumicin (YPM) BGC. In vitro characterization of YpmL established it as a hydroxylase, catalyzing C-6 hydroxylation in YPM A biosynthesis. In vivo application of YpmL enabled engineered production of four new tiancimycin analogues (14-17). Evaluation of their cytotoxicity against selected human cancer cell lines shed new insights into the enediyne structure-activity relationship.
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- Dong Yang
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
- Natural Products Discovery Center at Scripps Research, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
- Natural Products Discovery Center at Scripps Research, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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Srdič M, Fessner ND, Yildiz D, Glieder A, Spiertz M, Schwaneberg U. Preparative Production of Functionalized (N- and O-Heterocyclic) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Human Cytochrome P450 3A4 in a Bioreactor. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12020153. [PMID: 35204652 PMCID: PMC8961652 DOI: 10.3390/biom12020153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their N- and O-containing derivatives (N-/O-PAHs) are environmental pollutants and synthetically attractive building blocks in pharmaceuticals. Functionalization of PAHs can be achieved via C-H activation by cytochrome P450 enzymes (e.g., P450 CYP3A4) in an environmentally friendly manner. Despite its broad substrate scope, the contribution of CYP3A4 to metabolize common PAHs in humans was found to be small. We recently showcased the potential of CYP3A4 in whole-cell biocatalysis with recombinant yeast Komagataella phaffii (Pichia pastoris) catalysts for the preparative-scale synthesis of naturally occurring metabolites in humans. In this study, we aimed at exploring the substrate scope of CYP3A4 towards (N-/O)-PAHs and conducted a bioconversion experiment at 10 L scale to validate the synthetic potential of CYP3A4 for the preparative-scale production of functionalized PAH metabolites. Hydroxylated products were purified and characterized using HPLC and NMR analysis. In total, 237 mg of fluorenol and 48 mg of fluorenone were produced from 498 mg of fluorene, with peak productivities of 27.7 μmol/L/h for fluorenol and 5.9 μmol/L/h for fluorenone; the latter confirmed that CYP3A4 is an excellent whole-cell biocatalyst for producing authentic human metabolites.
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- Matic Srdič
- SeSaM-Biotech GmbH, 52074 Aachen, Germany;
- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria;
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- DWI—Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany;
- Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- SeSaM-Biotech GmbH, 52074 Aachen, Germany;
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (U.S.)
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- DWI—Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany;
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (U.S.)
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Zuo HL, Huang HY, Lin YCD, Cai XX, Kong XJ, Luo DL, Zhou YH, Huang HD. Enzyme Activity of Natural Products on Cytochrome P450. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27020515. [PMID: 35056827 PMCID: PMC8779343 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27020515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Drug-metabolizing enzymes, particularly the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) monooxygenases, play a pivotal role in pharmacokinetics. CYP450 enzymes can be affected by various xenobiotic substrates, which will eventually be responsible for most metabolism-based herb–herb or herb–drug interactions, usually involving competition with another drug for the same enzyme binding site. Compounds from herbal or natural products are involved in many scenarios in the context of such interactions. These interactions are decisive both in drug discovery regarding the synergistic effects, and drug application regarding unwanted side effects. Herein, this review was conducted as a comprehensive compilation of the effects of herbal ingredients on CYP450 enzymes. Nearly 500 publications reporting botanicals’ effects on CYP450s were collected and analyzed. The countries focusing on this topic were summarized, the identified herbal ingredients affecting enzyme activity of CYP450s, as well as methods identifying the inhibitory/inducing effects were reviewed. Inhibitory effects of botanicals on CYP450 enzymes may contribute to synergistic effects, such as herbal formulae/prescriptions, or lead to therapeutic failure, or even increase concentrations of conventional medicines causing serious adverse events. Conducting this review may help in metabolism-based drug combination discovery, and in the evaluation of the safety profile of natural products used therapeutically.
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- Hua-Li Zuo
- School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China; (H.-L.Z.); (H.-Y.H.); (Y.-C.-D.L.); (X.-X.C.); (D.-L.L.); (Y.-H.Z.)
- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
- School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China; (H.-L.Z.); (H.-Y.H.); (Y.-C.-D.L.); (X.-X.C.); (D.-L.L.); (Y.-H.Z.)
- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China; (H.-L.Z.); (H.-Y.H.); (Y.-C.-D.L.); (X.-X.C.); (D.-L.L.); (Y.-H.Z.)
- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China; (H.-L.Z.); (H.-Y.H.); (Y.-C.-D.L.); (X.-X.C.); (D.-L.L.); (Y.-H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China;
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China; (H.-L.Z.); (H.-Y.H.); (Y.-C.-D.L.); (X.-X.C.); (D.-L.L.); (Y.-H.Z.)
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China; (H.-L.Z.); (H.-Y.H.); (Y.-C.-D.L.); (X.-X.C.); (D.-L.L.); (Y.-H.Z.)
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China; (H.-L.Z.); (H.-Y.H.); (Y.-C.-D.L.); (X.-X.C.); (D.-L.L.); (Y.-H.Z.)
- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-0755-2351-9601
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Liu Y. Use In Silico and In Vitro Methods to Screen Hepatotoxic Chemicals and CYP450 Enzyme Inhibitors. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2474:189-198. [PMID: 35294766 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2213-1_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In silico and in vitro methods have emerged as valuable tools to rapidly screen and prioritize large numbers of chemicals including new drug entities, food ingredients, and environmental compounds for further in vivo analysis. These methods have been frequently used to conduct screening for a wide range of endpoints including physicochemical properties (e.g., logD), human biokinetic parameters (e.g., metabolism), and human organ toxicities (e.g., hepatotoxicity). This chapter describes a tiered approach of incorporating multiple in silico (quantitative structure-activity relationship, QSAR) and in vitro (e.g., human liver cell models, human liver microsomes) methods into the screening of hepatotoxic chemicals and cytochromes P450 enzyme (CYP) inhibitors. Chemicals are prioritized for further studies (e.g., in vivo animal study) based on the in silico and in vitro results, as well as a literature search for their in vivo exposures (e.g., plasma concentration).
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- Yitong Liu
- Division of Toxicology, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, USA.
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Zhao P, Xue H, Zhu X, Wang L, Zhang K, Li D, Ji J, Niu L, Gao X, Luo J, Cui J. Silencing of cytochrome P450 gene CYP321A1 effects tannin detoxification and metabolism in Spodoptera litura. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 194:895-902. [PMID: 34843814 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.11.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450 or CYP) plays an important role in the metabolism of insecticides and plant allelochemicals by insects. CYP321B1, a novel Spodoptera litura P450 gene, was identified and characterized. CYP321B1 contains a 1488 bp open reading frame (ORF) that encodes a 495 amino acid protein. In fourth instar larvae, the highest CYP321B1 expression levels were found in the midgut and fat body. In the tannin feeding test, tannin can significantly induce the expression of CYP321B1 in the midgut and fat body of 4th instar larvae. To verify the function of CYP321B1, RNA interference and metabolome analysis were performed. The results showed that silencing CYP321B1 significantly reduced the rate of weight gain under tannin induction. Metabolome analysis showed silencing affected 47 different metabolites, mainly involved in secondary metabolite biosynthesis and amino acid metabolism, including amino acids, lipid fatty acids, organic acids and their derivatives. Henoxyacetic acid and cysteamine are the most highly regulated metabolites, respectively. These findings demonstrate that CYP321B1 plays an important role in tannin detoxification and metabolism. Functional knowledge about metabolite detoxification genes in this major herbivorous insect pest can provide new insights into this biological process and provide new targets for agricultural pest control.
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- Peng Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China.
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Fischer A, Smieško M. A Conserved Allosteric Site on Drug-Metabolizing CYPs: A Systematic Computational Assessment. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:13215. [PMID: 34948012 PMCID: PMC8707821 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs) are the largest group of enzymes involved in human drug metabolism. Ligand tunnels connect their active site buried at the core of the membrane-anchored protein to the surrounding solvent environment. Recently, evidence of a superficial allosteric site, here denoted as hotspot 1 (H1), involved in the regulation of ligand access in a soluble prokaryotic CYP emerged. Here, we applied multi-scale computational modeling techniques to study the conservation and functionality of this allosteric site in the nine most relevant mammalian CYPs responsible for approximately 70% of drug metabolism. In total, we systematically analyzed over 44 μs of trajectories from conventional MD, cosolvent MD, and metadynamics simulations. Our bioinformatic analysis and simulations with organic probe molecules revealed the site to be well conserved in the CYP2 family with the exception of CYP2E1. In the presence of a ligand bound to the H1 site, we could observe an enlargement of a ligand tunnel in several members of the CYP2 family. Further, we could detect the facilitation of ligand translocation by H1 interactions with statistical significance in CYP2C8 and CYP2D6, even though all other enzymes except for CYP2C19, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4 presented a similar trend. As the detailed comprehension of ligand access and egress phenomena remains one of the most relevant challenges in the field, this work contributes to its elucidation and ultimately helps in estimating the selectivity of metabolic transformations using computational techniques.
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- Computational Pharmacy, Departement of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 61, 4056 Basel, Switzerland;
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Covering: up to 2021Metagenomics has yielded massive amounts of sequencing data offering a glimpse into the biosynthetic potential of the uncultivated microbial majority. While genome-resolved information about microbial communities from nearly every environment on earth is now available, the ability to accurately predict biocatalytic functions directly from sequencing data remains challenging. Compared to primary metabolic pathways, enzymes involved in secondary metabolism often catalyze specialized reactions with diverse substrates, making these pathways rich resources for the discovery of new enzymology. To date, functional insights gained from studies on environmental DNA (eDNA) have largely relied on PCR- or activity-based screening of eDNA fragments cloned in fosmid or cosmid libraries. As an alternative, shotgun metagenomics holds underexplored potential for the discovery of new enzymes directly from eDNA by avoiding common biases introduced through PCR- or activity-guided functional metagenomics workflows. However, inferring new enzyme functions directly from eDNA is similar to searching for a 'needle in a haystack' without direct links between genotype and phenotype. The goal of this review is to provide a roadmap to navigate shotgun metagenomic sequencing data and identify new candidate biosynthetic enzymes. We cover both computational and experimental strategies to mine metagenomes and explore protein sequence space with a spotlight on natural product biosynthesis. Specifically, we compare in silico methods for enzyme discovery including phylogenetics, sequence similarity networks, genomic context, 3D structure-based approaches, and machine learning techniques. We also discuss various experimental strategies to test computational predictions including heterologous expression and screening. Finally, we provide an outlook for future directions in the field with an emphasis on meta-omics, single-cell genomics, cell-free expression systems, and sequence-independent methods.
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- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland.
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Amines are ubiquitous in biology and pharmacy. As a consequence, introducing N functionalities in organic molecules is attracting strong continuous interest. The past decade has witnessed the emergence of very efficient and selective catalytic systems achieving this goal thanks to engineered hemoproteins. In this review, we examine how these enzymes have been engineered focusing rather on the rationale behind it than the methodology employed. These studies are put in perspective with respect to in vitro and in vivo nitrene transfer processes performed by cytochromes P450. An emphasis is put on mechanistic aspects which are confronted to current molecular knowledge of these reactions. Forthcoming developments are delineated.
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- Guillaume Coin
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, DIESE, LCBM, pmb, F-38000 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS UMR 5250, DCM, CIRE, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, DIESE, LCBM, pmb, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
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Huang J, Xu Q, Liu Z, Jain N, Tyagi M, Wei DQ, Hong L. Controlling the Substrate Specificity of an Enzyme through Structural Flexibility by Varying the Salt-Bridge Density. Molecules 2021; 26:5693. [PMID: 34577164 PMCID: PMC8470667 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26185693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Many enzymes, particularly in one single family, with highly conserved structures and folds exhibit rather distinct substrate specificities. The underlying mechanism remains elusive, the resolution of which is of great importance for biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering. Here, we performed a neutron scattering experiment and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on two structurally similar CYP450 proteins; CYP101 primarily catalyzes one type of ligands, then CYP2C9 can catalyze a large range of substrates. We demonstrated that it is the high density of salt bridges in CYP101 that reduces its structural flexibility, which controls the ligand access channel and the fluctuation of the catalytic pocket, thus restricting its selection on substrates. Moreover, we performed MD simulations on 146 different kinds of CYP450 proteins, spanning distinct biological categories including Fungi, Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Animalia, and Plantae, and found the above mechanism generally valid. We demonstrated that, by fine changes of chemistry (salt-bridge density), the CYP450 superfamily can vary the structural flexibility of its member proteins among different biological categories, and thus differentiate their substrate specificities to meet the specific biological needs. As this mechanism is well-controllable and easy to be implemented, we expect it to be generally applicable in future enzymatic engineering to develop proteins of desired substrate specificities.
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- Juan Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
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- Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA;
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA;
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
- Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Xia Y, Yang J, Ma L, Yan S, Pang Y. Genome-Wide Identification and Analyses of Drought/Salt-Responsive Cytochrome P450 Genes in Medicago truncatula. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22189957. [PMID: 34576120 PMCID: PMC8467197 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22189957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) catalyze a great number of biochemical reactions and play vital roles in plant growth, development and secondary metabolism. As yet, the genome-scale investigation on P450s is still lacking in the model legume Medicago truncatula. In particular, whether and how many MtP450s are involved in drought and salt stresses for Medicago growth, development and yield remain unclear. In this study, a total of 346 MtP450 genes were identified and classified into 10 clans containing 48 families. Among them, sixty-one MtP450 genes pairs are tandem duplication events and 10 MtP450 genes are segmental duplication events. MtP450 genes within one family exhibit high conservation and specificity in intron–exon structure. Meanwhile, many Mt450 genes displayed tissue-specific expression pattern in various tissues. Specifically, the expression pattern of 204 Mt450 genes under drought/NaCl treatments were analyzed by using the weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA). Among them, eight genes (CYP72A59v1, CYP74B4, CYP71AU56, CYP81E9, CYP71A31, CYP704G6, CYP76Y14, and CYP78A126), and six genes (CYP83D3, CYP76F70, CYP72A66, CYP76E1, CYP74C12, and CYP94A52) were found to be hub genes under drought/NaCl treatments, respectively. The expression levels of these selected hub genes could be induced, respectively, by drought/NaCl treatments, as validated by qPCR analyses, and most of these genes are involved in the secondary metabolism and fatty acid pathways. The genome-wide identification and co-expression analyses of M. truncatulaP450 superfamily genes established a gene atlas for a deep and systematic investigation of P450 genes in M. truncatula, and the selected drought-/salt-responsive genes could be utilized for further functional characterization and molecular breeding for resistance in legume crops.
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- Yaying Xia
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (Y.X.); (J.Y.); (L.M.); (S.Y.)
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (Y.X.); (J.Y.); (L.M.); (S.Y.)
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (Y.X.); (J.Y.); (L.M.); (S.Y.)
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (Y.X.); (J.Y.); (L.M.); (S.Y.)
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (Y.X.); (J.Y.); (L.M.); (S.Y.)
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Ma L, Li F, Zhang X, Chen H, Huang Q, Su J, Liu X, Sun T, Fang B, Liu K, Tang D, Wu D, Zhang W, Du L, Li S. Development of MEMS directed evolution strategy for multiplied throughput and convergent evolution of cytochrome P450 enzymes. Sci China Life Sci 2021; 65:550-560. [PMID: 34480693 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-021-1994-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Directed evolution (DE) inspired by natural evolution (NE) has been achieving tremendous successes in protein/enzyme engineering. However, the conventional "one-protein-for-one-task" DE cannot match the "multi-proteins-for-multi-tasks" NE in terms of screening throughput and efficiency, thus often failing to meet the fast-growing demands for biocatalysts with desired properties. In this study, we design a novel "multi-enzymes-for-multi-substrates" (MEMS) DE model and establish the proof-of-concept by running a NE-mimicking and higher-throughput screening on the basis of "two-P450s-against-seven-substrates" (2P×7S) in one pot. With the multiplied throughput and improved hit rate, we witness a series of convergent evolution events of the two archetypal cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450 BM3 and P450cam) in laboratory. It is anticipated that the new strategy of MEMS DE will find broader application for a larger repertoire of enzymes in the future. Furthermore, structural and substrate docking analysis of the two functionally convergent P450 variants provide important insights into how distinct P450 active-sites can reach a common catalytic goal.
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- Li Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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The cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs) are the most important enzymes in the oxidative metabolism of hydrophobic drugs and other foreign compounds (xenobiotics). The versatility of these enzymes results in some unusual kinetic properties, stemming from the simultaneous interaction of multiple substrates with the CYP active site. Often, the CYPs display kinetics that deviate from standard hyperbolic saturation or inhibition kinetics. Non-Michaelis-Menten or "atypical" saturation kinetics include sigmoidal, biphasic, and substrate inhibition kinetics (see Chapter 2 ). Interactions between substrates include competitive inhibition, noncompetitive inhibition, mixed inhibition, partial inhibition, activation, and activation followed by inhibition (see Chapters 4 and 6 ). Models and equations that can result in these kinetic profiles will be presented and discussed.
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- Ken Korzekwa
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Le TK, Kim J, Anh Nguyen N, Huong Ha Nguyen T, Sun EG, Yee SM, Kang HS, Yeom SJ, Beum Park C, Yun CH. Solar-Powered Whole-Cell P450 Catalytic Platform for C-Hydroxylation Reactions. ChemSusChem 2021; 14:3030. [PMID: 34272832 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Invited for this month's cover is the joint research group of Prof. Chan Beum Park at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Prof. Chul-Ho Yun at the Chonnam National University (CNU). The image shows how the use of a natural photosensitizer, flavin mononucleotide, and visible light can lead to a cost-effective, green, and sustainable process for P450-catalyzed reactions in a whole-cell system. The Communication itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202100944.
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- Thien-Kim Le
- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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Akapo OO, Macnar JM, Kryś JD, Syed PR, Syed K, Gront D. In Silico Structural Modeling and Analysis of Interactions of Tremellomycetes Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases CYP51s with Substrates and Azoles. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:7811. [PMID: 34360577 PMCID: PMC8346148 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22157811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP51 (sterol 14α-demethylase) is a well-known target of the azole drug fluconazole for treating cryptococcosis, a life-threatening fungal infection in immune-compromised patients in poor countries. Studies indicate that mutations in CYP51 confer fluconazole resistance on cryptococcal species. Despite the importance of CYP51 in these species, few studies on the structural analysis of CYP51 and its interactions with different azole drugs have been reported. We therefore performed in silico structural analysis of 11 CYP51s from cryptococcal species and other Tremellomycetes. Interactions of 11 CYP51s with nine ligands (three substrates and six azoles) performed by Rosetta docking using 10,000 combinations for each of the CYP51-ligand complex (11 CYP51s × 9 ligands = 99 complexes) and hierarchical agglomerative clustering were used for selecting the complexes. A web application for visualization of CYP51s' interactions with ligands was developed (http://bioshell.pl/azoledocking/). The study results indicated that Tremellomycetes CYP51s have a high preference for itraconazole, corroborating the in vitro effectiveness of itraconazole compared to fluconazole. Amino acids interacting with different ligands were found to be conserved across CYP51s, indicating that the procedure employed in this study is accurate and can be automated for studying P450-ligand interactions to cater for the growing number of P450s.
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- Olufunmilayo Olukemi Akapo
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa;
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- College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, Stefana Banacha 2C, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;
- Biological and Chemical Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Biological and Chemical Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa;
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- Biological and Chemical Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland;
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Faponle AS, Roy A, Adelegan AA, Gauld JW. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Cytochrome P450 from Tepidiphilus thermophilus (P450-TT) Reveal How Its Substrate-Binding Channel Opens. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26123614. [PMID: 34204747 PMCID: PMC8231624 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26123614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cytochrome P450s (P450) are important enzymes in biology with useful biochemical reactions in, for instance, drug and xenobiotics metabolisms, biotechnology, and health. Recently, the crystal structure of a new member of the CYP116B family has been resolved. This enzyme is a cytochrome P450 (CYP116B46) from Tepidiphilus thermophilus (P450-TT) and has potential for the oxy-functionalization of organic molecules such as fatty acids, terpenes, steroids, and statins. However, it was thought that the opening to its hitherto identified substrate channel was too small to allow organic molecules to enter. To investigate this, we performed molecular dynamics simulations on the enzyme. The results suggest that the crystal structure is not relaxed, possibly due to crystal packing effects, and that its tunnel structure is constrained. In addition, the simulations revealed two key amino acid residues at the mouth of the channel; a glutamyl and an arginyl. The glutamyl’s side chain tightens and relaxes the opening to the channel in conjunction with the arginyl’s, though the latter’s side chain is less dramatically changed after the initial relaxation of its conformations. Additionally, it was observed that the effect of increased temperature did not considerably affect the dynamics of the enzyme fold, including the relative solvent accessibility of the amino acid residues that make up the substrate channel wall even as compared to the changes that occurred at room temperature. Interestingly, the substrate channel became distinguishable as a prominent tunnel that is likely to accommodate small- to medium-sized organic molecules for bioconversions. That is, P450-TT has the ability to pass appropriate organic substrates to its active site through its elaborate substrate channel, and notably, is able to control or gate any molecules at the opening to this channel.
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- Abayomi S. Faponle
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Sagamu Campus, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria; (A.S.F.); (A.A.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B3P4, Canada;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Sagamu Campus, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria; (A.S.F.); (A.A.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B3P4, Canada;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-519-253-3000 (ext. 3992); Fax: +1-519-973-7098
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Protein structural families are groups of homologous proteins defined by the organization of secondary structure elements (SSEs). Nowadays, many families contain vast numbers of structures, and the SSEs can help to orient within them. Communities around specific protein families have even developed specialized SSE annotations, always assigning the same name to the equivalent SSEs in homologous proteins. A detailed analysis of the groups of equivalent SSEs provides an overview of the studied family and enriches the analysis of any particular protein at hand. We developed a workflow for the analysis of the secondary structure anatomy of a protein family. We applied this analysis to the model family of cytochromes P450 (CYPs)-a family of important biotransformation enzymes with a community-wide used SSE annotation. We report the occurrence, typical length and amino acid sequence for the equivalent SSE groups, the conservation/variability of these properties and relationship to the substrate recognition sites. We also suggest a generic residue numbering scheme for the CYP family. Comparing the bacterial and eukaryotic part of the family highlights the significant differences and reveals a well-known anomalous group of bacterial CYPs with some typically eukaryotic features. Our workflow for SSE annotation for CYP and other families can be freely used at address https://sestra.ncbr.muni.cz .
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- Adam Midlik
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, 771 46, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, 771 46, Czech Republic.
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Liu X, Wang X, Peng Y, Wang X. Effects of Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae) and Gouteng (Ramulus Uncariae Rhynchophyllae cum Uncis) on cytochrome P450 enzyme activities in rats. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2021; 41:284-292. [PMID: 33825409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae) and Gouteng (Ramulus Uncariae Rhynchophyllae cum Uncis) on cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzyme activities in rats. METHODS A cocktail strategy was followed to evaluate the influence of Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae) and Gouteng (Ramulus Uncariae Rhynchophyllae cum Uncis) on the activities of CYP450 isoforms (CYP1A2, CYP3A4, CYP2E1, CYP2C19, CYP2C9, CYP2D6), which were determined by changes in the pharmacokinetic parameters of six probe drugs, theophylline, dapsone, chlorzoxazone, omeprazole, tolbutamide and dextromethorphan. Study groups included, Control group (CG), Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae) group (TM), Gouteng (Ramulus Uncariae Rhynchophyllae cum Uncis) group (GT) and Tianma Gouteng (Gastrodia Uncaria) group (TMGT). RESULTS No significant differences between Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae) and control groups were found. Compared with the control group, in the Gouteng (Ramulus Uncariae Rhynchophyllae cum Uncis) group both the AUC and t1/2 of dapsone and tolbutamide were reduced, whereas the CL (clearance rate) of dapsone and tolbutamide were increased. Compared with the control group, in the Tianma Gouteng group, the AUC and t1/2 of dapsone and tolbutamide were reduced, the CL of dapsone and tolbutamide were increased, and the AUC and t1/2 of chlorzoxazone were increased and the CL of chlorzoxazone was reduced. CONCLUSION Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae) has no significant effect on the six CYP450 subtypes. The activities of CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 were increased by Gouteng (Ramulus Uncariae Rhynchophyllae cum Uncis). The activities of CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 were increased, whereas the activity of CYP32E1 was reduced by combined Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae) and Gouteng (Ramulus Uncariae Rhynchophyllae cum Uncis).
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- College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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- College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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- College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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- College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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Paudel S, Kim Y, Choi SM, Kim JH, Bae JS, Lee T, Lee S. Identification of suberosin metabolites in human liver microsomes by high-performance liquid chromatography combined with high-resolution quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometer. J Mass Spectrom 2021; 56:e4623. [PMID: 32734675 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Suberosin is a natural prenylated coumarin derivative isolated from Citropsis articulata. It has various pharmacological properties, especially as an anticoagulant, for which it has been used since antiquity. However, its metabolic pathway and metabolites have not yet been studied. Therefore, this study characterizes its metabolic pathway and metabolites in human liver microsomes (HLMs) using high-resolution quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometry (HRMS/MS). Eight metabolites (M1-M8) were found, including three monohydroxylated (M1-M3), one hydrated (M4), three dihydroxylated (M5-M7), and one glucuronide conjugate (M8). Furthermore, forms of cytochrome P450 (CYPs) responsible for suberosin metabolism in HLMs were characterized. CYP1A2 was identified as a major enzyme for the production of M1 and M5 metabolites. The M2, M3, and M7 metabolites were predominantly generated by CYP2B6. M8 was the only phase II metabolite, identified as a glucuronide conjugate from either M1 or M2. This glucuronide conjugate may be the only promising metabolite from phase II metabolism. Phase I metabolism, especially hydroxylation, was found to provide a predominant metabolic pathway of suberosin in HLMs. Further studies should be conducted to explore the metabolites, examining their efficacy and their toxicity in an in vivo system.
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- Sanjita Paudel
- BK21 Plus KNU Multi-Omics Based Creative Drug Research Team, College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 Plus KNU Multi-Omics Based Creative Drug Research Team, College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 Plus KNU Multi-Omics Based Creative Drug Research Team, College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 Plus KNU Multi-Omics Based Creative Drug Research Team, College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 Plus KNU Multi-Omics Based Creative Drug Research Team, College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 Plus KNU Multi-Omics Based Creative Drug Research Team, College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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Yablokov EO, Sushko TA, Kaluzhskiy LA, Kavaleuski AA, Mezentsev YV, Ershov PV, Gilep AA, Ivanov АS, Strushkevich NV. Substrate-induced modulation of protein-protein interactions within human mitochondrial cytochrome P450-dependent system. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 208:105793. [PMID: 33271253 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Steroidogenesis is strictly regulated at multiple levels, as produced steroid hormones are crucial to maintain physiological functions. Cytochrome P450 enzymes are key players in adrenal steroid hormone biosynthesis and function within short redox-chains in mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum. However, mechanisms regulating supply of reducing equivalents in the mitochondrial CYP-dependent system are not fully understood. In the present work, we aimed to estimate how the specific steroids, substrates, intermediates and products of multistep reactions modulate protein-protein interactions between adrenodoxin (Adx) and mitochondrial CYP11 s. Using the SPR technology we determined that steroid substrates affect affinity and stability of CYP11s-Adx complexes in an isoform-specific mode. In particular, cholesterol induces a 4-fold increase in the rate of CYP11A1 - Adx complex formation without significant effect on dissociation (koff decreased ∼1.5-fold), overall increasing complex affinity. At the same time steroid substrates decrease the affinity of both CYP11B1 - Adx and CYP11B2 - Adx complexes, predominantly reducing their stability (4-7 fold). This finding reveals differentiation of protein-protein interactions within the mitochondrial pool of CYPs, which have the same electron donor. The regulation of electron supply by the substrates might affect the overall steroid hormones production. Our experimental data provide further insight into protein-protein interactions within CYP-dependent redox chains involved in steroidogenesis.
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- E O Yablokov
- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, 119121, Pogodinskaya str. 10, Building 8, Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 4-6 - 1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, 108-8639, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, 119121, Pogodinskaya str. 10, Building 8, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220141, Kuprevicha str. 5/2, Minsk, Belarus
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- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, 119121, Pogodinskaya str. 10, Building 8, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, 119121, Pogodinskaya str. 10, Building 8, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220141, Kuprevicha str. 5/2, Minsk, Belarus
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- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, 119121, Pogodinskaya str. 10, Building 8, Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, bld. 1, 121205, Moscow, Russia
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Teschke R, Danan G. Idiosyncratic Drug Induced Liver Injury, Cytochrome P450, Metabolic Risk Factors and Lipophilicity: Highlights and Controversies. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22073441. [PMID: 33810530 PMCID: PMC8037096 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Progress in understanding the mechanisms of the idiosyncratic drug induced liver injury (iDILI) was highlighted in a scientometric investigation on the knowledge mapping of iDILI throughout the world, but uncertainty remained on metabolic risk factors of iDILI, the focus of the present review article. For the first time, a quantitative analysis of 3312 cases of iDILI assessed for causality with RUCAM (Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method) showed that most drugs (61.1%) were metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoforms: 49.6% by CYP 3A4/5, 24.6% by CYP 2C9, 13.2% by CYP 2E1, 7.3% by CYP 2C19, 3.5% by CYP 1A2 and 1.8% by CYP 2D6. Other studies showed high OR (odds ratio) for drugs metabolized by unspecified CYPs but the iDILI cases were not assessed for causality with RUCAM, a major shortcoming. In addition to critical comments on methodological flaws, several risk factors of iDILI were identified such as high but yet recommended daily drug doses, actual daily drug doses taken by the patients, hepatic drug metabolism and drug lipophilicity. These risk factors are subject to controversies by many experts seen critically also by others who outlined that none of these medication characteristics is able to predict iDILI with high confidence, leading to the statement of an outstanding caveat. It was also argued that all previous studies lacked comprehensive data because the number of examined drugs was relatively small as compared to the number of approved new molecular entities or currently used oral prescription drugs. In conclusion, trends are evident that some metabolic parameters are likely risk factors of iDILI but strong evidence can only be achieved when methodological issues will be successfully met.
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- Rolf Teschke
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Klinikum Hanau, D-63450 Hanau, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Medical Faculty, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, 60323 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-6181-21859; Fax: +49-6181-2964211
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- Pharmacovigilance Consultancy, F-75020 Paris, France;
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Gutiérrez-García L, Arró M, Altabella T, Ferrer A, Boronat A. Structural and functional analysis of tomato sterol C22 desaturase. BMC Plant Biol 2021; 21:141. [PMID: 33731007 PMCID: PMC7972189 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-02898-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sterols are structural and functional components of eukaryotic cell membranes. Plants produce a complex mixture of sterols, among which β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol, and cholesterol in some Solanaceae, are the most abundant species. Many reports have shown that the stigmasterol to β-sitosterol ratio changes during plant development and in response to stresses, suggesting that it may play a role in the regulation of these processes. In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), changes in the stigmasterol to β-sitosterol ratio correlate with the induction of the only gene encoding sterol C22-desaturase (C22DES), the enzyme specifically involved in the conversion of β-sitosterol to stigmasterol. However, despite the biological interest of this enzyme, there is still a lack of knowledge about several relevant aspects related to its structure and function. RESULTS In this study we report the subcellular localization of tomato C22DES in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) based on confocal fluorescence microscopy and cell fractionation analyses. Modeling studies have also revealed that C22DES consists of two well-differentiated domains: a single N-terminal transmembrane-helix domain (TMH) anchored in the ER-membrane and a globular (or catalytic) domain that is oriented towards the cytosol. Although TMH is sufficient for the targeting and retention of the enzyme in the ER, the globular domain may also interact and be retained in the ER in the absence of the N-terminal transmembrane domain. The observation that a truncated version of C22DES lacking the TMH is enzymatically inactive revealed that the N-terminal membrane domain is essential for enzyme activity. The in silico analysis of the TMH region of plant C22DES revealed several structural features that could be involved in substrate recognition and binding. CONCLUSIONS Overall, this study contributes to expand the current knowledge on the structure and function of plant C22DES and to unveil novel aspects related to plant sterol metabolism.
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- Laura Gutiérrez-García
- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Hu B, Huang H, Hu S, Ren M, Wei Q, Tian X, Esmail Abdalla Elzaki M, Bass C, Su J, Reddy Palli S. Changes in both trans- and cis-regulatory elements mediate insecticide resistance in a lepidopteron pest, Spodoptera exigua. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009403. [PMID: 33690635 PMCID: PMC7978377 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The evolution of insect resistance to insecticides is frequently associated with overexpression of one or more cytochrome P450 enzyme genes. Although overexpression of CYP450 genes is a well-known mechanism of insecticide resistance, the underlying regulatory mechanisms are poorly understood. Here we uncovered the mechanisms of overexpression of the P450 gene, CYP321A8 in a major pest insect, Spodoptera exigua that is resistant to multiple insecticides. CYP321A8 confers resistance to organophosphate (chlorpyrifos) and pyrethroid (cypermethrin and deltamethrin) insecticides in this insect. Constitutive upregulation of transcription factors CncC/Maf are partially responsible for upregulated expression of CYP321A8 in the resistant strain. Reporter gene assays and site-directed mutagenesis analyses demonstrated that CncC/Maf enhanced the expression of CYP321A8 by binding to specific sites in the promoter. Additional cis-regulatory elements resulting from a mutation in the CYP321A8 promoter in the resistant strain facilitates the binding of the orphan nuclear receptor, Knirps, and enhances the promoter activity. These results demonstrate that two independent mechanisms; overexpression of transcription factors and mutations in the promoter region resulting in a new cis-regulatory element that facilitates binding of the orphan nuclear receptor are involved in overexpression of CYP321A8 in insecticide-resistant S. exigua. Insect pests developing resistance to insecticides used for their control is a major problem in agriculture. Many pests including the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua have developed resistance to insecticides used for their control. Information on the mechanisms of resistance would help in resistance management programs. Overexpression of detoxifying enzymes were associated with insecticide resistance, but their functions and regulatory mechanisms are still unidentified. The expression levels of P450 genes between susceptible and resistant strains of S. exigua were compared and CYP321A8 was identified as the major contributor to resistance to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides. Further studies uncovered two independent but synergistic mechanisms; constitutive upregulation of b-Zip transcription factors and mutations in the promoter that facilitates the binding of an orphan nuclear receptor, Knirps contributing to increase in the expression of CYP321A8 and resistance to multiple insecticides in S. exigua.
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- Bo Hu
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- * E-mail: (JS); (SRP)
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- * E-mail: (JS); (SRP)
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