Association of cytochromes P450 with their reductases: Opposite sign of the electrostatic interactions in P450BM-3 as compared with the microsomal 2B4 system
Dr. Davydov et al., Association of cytochromes P450 with their reductases: Opposite sign of the electrostatic interactions in P450BM-3 as compared with the microsomal 2B4 system, BIOCHEM, 39(21), 2000, pp. 6489-6497
The role of electrostatic interactions in the association of P450s with the
ir nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate- (NADPH) dependent flavoprot
ein reductases was studied by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. The f
luorescent probe 7-(ethylamino)-3-(4'-maleimidylphenyl)-4-methylcoumarin ma
leimide (coumarylphenylmaleimide, CPM) was introduced into the flavoprotein
molecule at a 1:1 molar ratio. The interaction of P450 2B4 and NADPH-P450
reductase (CPR) from rabbit liver microsomes was compared with that of the
isolated heme domain (BMP) and the flavoprotein domain (BMR) of p450BM-3. T
he cross-pairs of the components were also studied. Increasing ionic streng
th (0.05-0.5 M) was shown to result in the dissociation of the CPR-P450 2B4
complex with the dissociation constant increasing from 0.01 to 0.09 mu M.
This behavior is consistent with the assumption that charge pairing between
CPR and P450 2B4 is involved in their association. In contrast, the electr
ostatic component of the interaction of the partners in P450BM-3 was shown
to have an opposite sign. The isolated BMP and BMR domains have very low af
finity for each other and the dissociation constant of their complex decrea
ses from 8 to 3 mu M with increasing ionic strength (0.05-0.5 M). Important
ly, the BMP-CPR and P450 2B4-BMR "mixed", heterogeneous pairs behave simila
rly to the pairs of BMP and P450 2B4 with their native electron donors. The
refore, the observed difference in the interaction mechanisms between these
two systems is determined mainly by the different structure of the heme pr
oteins rather than their flavoprotein counterparts. P450BM-3 is extremely e
fficient and highly coupled, with the reductase and the P450 domains tether
ed to one another. Therefore, in contrast to P450 2B4-CPR binding, very tig
ht binding between the P450BM-3 redox partners would be of no value in the
synchronization of complex formation during catalytic turnover.