Cyanobacterial electron carrier proteins as electron donors to CYP106A2 from Bacillus megaterium ATCC 13368

Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Nov;1794(11):1635-42. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.07.012. Epub 2009 Jul 25.

Abstract

The CYP450 from Bacillus megaterium (BmCYP106A2) catalyzes the 15beta-hydroxylation of several steroids and also synthesizes mono-hydroxylated 9alpha- and 11alpha-OH-progesterone. This study reports on the ability of BmCYP106A2 to be efficiently reduced by the photosynthetic flavodoxin and, particularly, ferredoxin electron carriers from the cyanobacterium Anabaena. These results open the possibility for the design of a hybrid system to provide reducing equivalents for the hydroxylation process. Additionally, they suggest that despite the interaction of BmCYP106A2 with these proteins, particularly with flavodoxin, they do not rely on a precise complementarity of the reacting molecules, rearrangements might be required and alternative binding modes might contribute to the observed electron transfer reactions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacillus megaterium / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cyanobacteria / metabolism
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / metabolism*
  • Electron Transport
  • Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins / metabolism*
  • Ferredoxins / metabolism
  • Flavodoxin / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Steroid Hydroxylases / metabolism
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins
  • Ferredoxins
  • Flavodoxin
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • 15beta-hydroxylase CYP106A2, Bacillus megaterium
  • Steroid Hydroxylases