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Pradeepraj Durairaj1, Linbing Fan1, David Machalz2
1School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Health Sciences Platform, Tianjin University, China.
Abstract:
The human cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme CYP4A22 is an orphan CYP with unknown function. Here, through functional expression in fission yeast, we show that CYP4A22 catalyzes fatty acid hydroxylation as well as aliphatic or aromatic hydroxylations of luciferin-based probe substrates. Mechanistic molecular modeling of CYP4A22 suggests that its ω-hydroxylation activity is hampered by a more spacious active site compared to CYP4B1. Substrate recognition via side-chains R96 and R233 is indicated by dynamic three-dimensional pharmacophores (dynophores) derived from molecular dynamics simulations. CYP4A22 activity is inhibited by three unspecific CYP inhibitors. A comparison of CYP4A22*1 (the reference standard sequence) with CYP4A22-WT (the most common allele) revealed that for the four substrates tested the WT-enzyme always had lower activity.
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