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Helms, V., E. Deprez, E. Gill, C. Barret, G. Hui Bon Hoa
and R.C. Wade (1996)
Improved binding of
cytochrome P450cam substrate
analogues designed to fill extra space in
the substrate binding pocket.
Biochemistry 35, 1485-1499.
Cytochrome P450cam catalyzes the 5-exo-hydroxylation of camphor. Camphor analogues were designed to fill an empty region of the substrate binding pocket with the expectation that they would bind more tightly than camphor itself due to increased van der Waals interactions with the protein and the displacement of any solvent occupying this site. A series of compounds (endo borneol methyl ether endo borneol propyl ether, endo borneol allyl ether and endo borneol dimethyl allyl ether) were synthesized with substituents at the camphor carbonyl oxygen. The spin conversion and thermodynamic properties of this series of compounds were measured for wild type and Y96F mutant cytochrome P450cam and were interpreted in the context of molecular dynamics simulations of the camphor analogues in the P450 binding site and in solution. Compounds with a 3-carbon chain substituent were predicted to match the size of the unoccupied region most optimally and thus bind best. Consistent with this prediction, the borneol allyl ether binds to cytochrome P450cam with highest affinity with a Kd = 0.6 +/ 0.1 microM (compared to a Kd = 1.7 +/ 0.2 microM for camphor under the same experimental conditions). Binding of the camphor analogues to the Y96F mutant is much enhanced over the binding of camphor, indicating that hydrogen bonding plays a less important role in binding of these analogues. Binding enthalpies calculated from the simulations, taking all solvent contributions into account, agree very well with experimental binding enthalpies. Binding affinity is not however correlated with the calculated binding enthalpy because the binding of the substrate analogues is characterized by enthalpy entropy compensation. The new compounds are useful probes for further studies of the mechanism of cytochrome P450cam due to their high binding affinities and high spin properties.
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Wade et al. (1996) Fundamentals of Enzyme-Ligand Interactions in
Cytochrome P450cam
POPE5 Conference Proceedings
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