A Role of the Putidaredoxin COOH-terminus in P-450cam (Cytochrome m) Hydroxylations*

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Methylene hydroxylation by cytochrome P-450cam (cytochrome m) can be resolved into four distinct steps: substrate addition, mo → mos; reduction, mos → mrs; dioxygen addition, mrs → mO2rs; followed by a second putidaredoxin (Pseudomonas putida ferredoxin)-mediated reduction and product formation. The isolated ferrous oxy-substrate complex exhibits first-order decay kinetics with the relatively slow rate constant of k [unk] 0.01 sec-1, at 25°, without product release. Putidaredoxin addition accelerates the decomposition with second-order kinetics, k [unk] 51,000 M-1 sec-1, and initiation of product formation. Cytochrome m forms a complex with putidaredoxin with dissociation constant of KD = 3 μM. In the complete three-protein hydroxylase system, consisting of cytochrome m, putidaredoxin, and the reductase (a DPNH-specific flavo-protein), camphor hydroxylation occurs with a stoichiometry of 1 mole each of DPNH and O2 used per mole of product formed; the KM for putidaredoxin is about 4.2 μM.

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