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Toward understanding the inactivation mechanism of monooxygenase P450 BM-3 by organic cosolvents: A molecular dynamics simulation study

BIOPOLYMERS, Issue 5 2006
Danilo Roccatano
Abstract Cytochrome P450 BM-3 from Bacillus megaterium is an extensively studied enzyme for industrial applications. A major focus of current protein engineering research is directed to improving the catalytic performance of P450 BM-3 toward nonnatural substrates of industrial importance in the presence of organic solvents or cosolvents. For the latter reason, it is important to study the effect of organic cosolvent molecules on the structure and dynamics of the enzyme, in particular, the effect of cosolvent molecules on the active site's structure and dynamics. In this paper, we have studied, using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, the F87A mutant of P450 BM-3 in the presence of DMSO as cosolvent, to understand the role of the F87A substitution for its catalytic activity. This mutant exhibits an altered regioselectivity and substrate specificity compared with wild-type; however, it has lower tolerance toward DMSO. The simulation results offer an explanation for the DMSO sensitivity of the F87A mutant. Our simulation results show that the F87 side chain prevents the disturbance of the water molecule bound to the heme iron by DMSO molecules. The absence of the phenyl ring in F87A mutant promotes interactions of the DMSO molecule with the heme iron resulting in water displacement by DMSO at the catalytic heme center. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 83: 467,476, 2006 This article was originally published online as an accepted preprint. The "Published Online" date corresponds to the preprint version. You can request a copy of the preprint by emailing the Biopolymers editorial office at biopolymers@wiley.com [source]

The role of specific interactions in crystalline complex formation.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 5 2002
10-bis(4-bromophenyl)-, 10-dihydroanthracene with dimethyl sulfoxide, 10-dihydroxy-, Structural, thermochemical analysis of inclusion compounds of cis -, trans -
Abstract Referring to a crucial problem in crystal engineering and co-crystallization of host,guest complexes, whether the non-covalent supramolecular interactions existing in a pre-crystalline solution state may determine the subsequent crystal structure, the particular inclusion properties of host compounds 1, cis - and 2, trans -9,10-bis(4-bromophenyl)-9,10-dihydroxy-9,10-dihydroanthracene, with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) were studied by using x-ray structure analysis and calorimetric methods. Both hosts form crystalline inclusion complexes with DMSO showing 2:3 (1·DMSO) and 1:4 (2·DMSO) host:guest composition. The crystal structure of 1·DMSO (2:3) is dominated by a strong bifurcated acceptor-type H bond interaction involving 1 and one of the DMSO molecules. Titration calorimetric investigations in solution also confirm the formation of a stable 1·DMSO (1:1) complex unit, suggesting that for crystal nuclei of 1·DMSO (2:3) the pre-formed 1:1 host,guest complex is the relevant building block while the additional molecules of DMSO fill lattice voids. In contrast, compound 2 with a trans configuration of the two hydroxy groups gives much weaker complexation with DMSO in solution, which is in agreement with single H-bond interaction, also realized in the crystal structure of the respective inclusion complex. Thermal decomposition (TG,DSC) measurements of the crystalline complexes supply supporting data for these findings. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Toward understanding the inactivation mechanism of monooxygenase P450 BM-3 by organic cosolvents: A molecular dynamics simulation study

BIOPOLYMERS, Issue 5 2006
Danilo Roccatano
Abstract Cytochrome P450 BM-3 from Bacillus megaterium is an extensively studied enzyme for industrial applications. A major focus of current protein engineering research is directed to improving the catalytic performance of P450 BM-3 toward nonnatural substrates of industrial importance in the presence of organic solvents or cosolvents. For the latter reason, it is important to study the effect of organic cosolvent molecules on the structure and dynamics of the enzyme, in particular, the effect of cosolvent molecules on the active site's structure and dynamics. In this paper, we have studied, using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, the F87A mutant of P450 BM-3 in the presence of DMSO as cosolvent, to understand the role of the F87A substitution for its catalytic activity. This mutant exhibits an altered regioselectivity and substrate specificity compared with wild-type; however, it has lower tolerance toward DMSO. The simulation results offer an explanation for the DMSO sensitivity of the F87A mutant. Our simulation results show that the F87 side chain prevents the disturbance of the water molecule bound to the heme iron by DMSO molecules. The absence of the phenyl ring in F87A mutant promotes interactions of the DMSO molecule with the heme iron resulting in water displacement by DMSO at the catalytic heme center. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 83: 467,476, 2006 This article was originally published online as an accepted preprint. The "Published Online" date corresponds to the preprint version. You can request a copy of the preprint by emailing the Biopolymers editorial office at biopolymers@wiley.com [source]

Structure and Dynamics of Water Confined in Dimethyl Sulfoxide

CHEMPHYSCHEM, Issue 1 2006
A. Wulf
Abstract We study the structure and dynamics of hydrogen-bonded complexes of H2O/D2O and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) by infrared spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. We find that single water molecules occur in two configurations. For one half of the water monomers both OH/OD groups form strong hydrogen bonds to DMSO molecules, whereas for the other half only one of the two OH/OD groups is hydrogen-bonded to a solvent molecule. The H-bond strength between water and DMSO is in the order of that in bulk water. NMR deuteron relaxation rates and calculated deuteron quadrupole coupling constants yield rotational correlation times of water. The molecular reorientation of water monomers in DMSO is two-and-a-half times slower than in bulk water. This result can be explained by local structure behavior. [source]