Vv. Shumyantseva et al., DESIGN OF AN ARTIFICIAL HEMOPROTEIN BASED ON HUMAN SERUM-ALBUMIN, Biochemistry and molecular biology international, 39(3), 1996, pp. 503-510
For modelling cytochrome P450-catalyzed reactions, an artificial hemop
rotein was designed. Upon complex formation of human serum albumin wit
h iron protoporphyrine IX, there occurred the incorporation of heme in
to the protein and formation of a specific complex with the albumin to
heme molar ratio 2:1. The apparent dissociation constant K-d of the c
omplex, as determined by optical absorption spectroscopic technique, w
as 1.9+/-0.4 M(-6). Based on spectral studies and molecular modelling
of the complex spatial structure, it was assumed that His 31 or His 90
may be the most probable 5th ligand for the heme iron. The artificial
hemoprotein was able to catalyze (in the presence of riboflavin as el
ectron carrier) the NADH-dependent aniline hydroxylation and dimethyla
niline and amidopyrine N-demethylation. The electron transfer pathway
from NADH to substrate was demonstrated. Flavin appears to serve as an
input center (mediator) for the rapid transfer of electrons from NADH
to heme, where substrate is oxidized. The same reactions were accompl
ished using riboflavin photoreduction in the hemoalbumin - riboflavin
system with the unfocussed laser emission at lambda=457.9 nm. As elect
ron donor, metallic zinc was used. The artificial hemoprotein obtained
was also able to catalyze H2O2-dependent oxidase reactions.