Membrane position of ibuprofen agrees with suggested access path entrance to cytochrome P450 2C9 active site

J Phys Chem A. 2011 Oct 20;115(41):11248-55. doi: 10.1021/jp204488j. Epub 2011 Jul 11.

Abstract

Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) is a membrane-anchored human microsomal protein involved in the drug metabolism in liver. CYP2C9 consists of an N-terminal transmembrane anchor and a catalytic cytoplasmic domain. While the structure of the catalytic domain is well-known from X-ray experiments, the complete structure and its incorporation into the membrane remains unsolved. We constructed an atomistic model of complete CYP2C9 in a dioleoylphosphatidylcholine membrane and evolved it by molecular dynamics simulations in explicit water on a 100+ ns time-scale. The model agrees well with known experimental data about membrane positioning of cytochromes P450. The entry to the substrate access channel is proposed to be facing the membrane interior while the exit of the product egress channel is situated above the interface pointing toward the water phase. The positions of openings of the substrate access and product egress channels correspond to free energy minima of CYP2C9 substrate ibuprofen and its metabolite in the membrane, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / chemistry*
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / metabolism
  • Binding Sites
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9
  • Humans
  • Ibuprofen / chemistry*
  • Ibuprofen / metabolism*
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Phosphatidylcholines / chemistry
  • Phosphatidylcholines / metabolism
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • CYP2C9 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
  • 1,2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine
  • Ibuprofen