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SUBMITTER: Bonifacio A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1915625 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bonifacio Alois A Groenhof André R AR Keizers Peter H J PH de Graaf Chris C Commandeur Jan N M JN Vermeulen Nico P E NP Ehlers Andreas W AW Lammertsma Koop K Gooijer Cees C van der Zwan Gert G
Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 20070223 5
Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is one of the most important cytochromes P450 in humans. Resonance Raman data from the T309V mutant of CYP2D6 show that the substitution of the conserved I-helix threonine situated in the enzyme's active site perturbs the heme spin equilibrium in favor of the six-coordinated low-spin species. A mechanistic hypothesis is introduced to explain the experimental observations, and its compatibility with the available structural and spectroscopic data is tested using quant ...[more]