A two component-type cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase system in a prokaryote that catalyzes hydroxylation of ML-236B to pravastatin, a tissue-selective inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase

Autor: Nobufusa Serizawa, Tatsuji Matsuoka
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 1084:35-40
ISSN: 0005-2760
DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(91)90052-j
Popis: Pravastatin (CS-514) is a tissue selective inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (EC 1.1.1.34), a key enzyme in cholesterol biosysthesis. This compound is obtained by hydroxylation of ML-236B (mevastatin) in Streptomyces carbophilus catalyzed by a cytochrome P -450 sca monooxygenase system. NADH-cytochrome P -450 redactase was purified to homogeneity from S. carbophilus as a single polypeptide chain with a molecular weight of 51 kDa, and reconstituted the hydroxylation in vitro with cytochrome P -450 sca , NADH and O 2 . This protein contained FAD and FMN molecule. The FMN molecule was easily dissociated from the reductase, and had a K d value of 5·10 −5 M. The cytochrome P -450 sca monooxygenase system was present in the soluble fraction and consisted of only two components, cytochrome P -450 sca and flavoprotein. Our results constitute the demonstration of a two component-type cytochrome P -450 system in a prokaryote.
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