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==Crystal structure of the cysteine depleted CYP3A4 bound to ritonavir==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[5vce]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=5VCE OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=5VCE FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.2&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=HEM:PROTOPORPHYRIN+IX+CONTAINING+FE'>HEM</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=RIT:RITONAVIR'>RIT</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=5vce FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=5vce OCA], [https://pdbe.org/5vce PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=5vce RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/5vce PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=5vce ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/CP3A4_HUMAN CP3A4_HUMAN] Cytochromes P450 are a group of heme-thiolate monooxygenases. In liver microsomes, this enzyme is involved in an NADPH-dependent electron transport pathway. It performs a variety of oxidation reactions (e.g. caffeine 8-oxidation, omeprazole sulphoxidation, midazolam 1'-hydroxylation and midazolam 4-hydroxylation) of structurally unrelated compounds, including steroids, fatty acids, and xenobiotics. Acts as a 1,8-cineole 2-exo-monooxygenase. The enzyme also hydroxylates etoposide.<ref>PMID:11159812</ref> 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Human drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is a dynamic enzyme with a large and highly malleable active site that can fit structurally diverse compounds. Despite extensive investigations, structure-function relationships and conformational dynamics in CYP3A4 are not fully understood. This study was undertaken to engineer a well-expressed and functionally active cysteine-depleted CYP3A4 that can be used in biochemical and biophysical studies. cDNA codon optimization and screening mutagenesis were utilized to boost the level of bacterial expression of CYP3A4 and identify the least harmful substitutions for all six non-heme-ligating cysteines. The C58A/C64M/C98A/C239T/C377A/C468S (Cys-less) mutant was found to be expressed as highly as the optimized wild-type (opt-WT) CYP3A4. The high-resolution X-ray structures of opt-WT and Cys-less CYP3A4 revealed that gene optimization leads to a different folding in the Phe108 and Phe189 regions and promotes binding of the active site glycerol that interlocks Ser119 and Arg212, critical for ligand association, and the hydrophobic cluster adjacent to Phe108. Crowding and decreased flexibility of the active site, as well as structural alterations observed at the C64M, C239T, and C468S mutational sites, might be responsible for the distinct ligand binding behavior of opt-WT and Cys-less CYP3A4. Nonetheless, the Cys-less mutant could be used for structure-function investigations because it orients bromoergocryptine and ritonavir (a high-affinity substrate and a high-potency inhibitor, respectively) like the WT and has a higher activity toward 7-benzyloxy(4-trifluoromethyl)coumarin.

High-Level Production and Properties of the Cysteine-Depleted Cytochrome P450 3A4.,Sevrioukova IF Biochemistry. 2017 Jun 20;56(24):3058-3067. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00334., Epub 2017 Jun 7. PMID:28590129<ref>PMID:28590129</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Cytochrome P450 3D structures|Cytochrome P450 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Sevrioukova I]]