Catalytic properties of the plant cytochrome P450 CYP73 expressed in yeast.

CYTOCHROME P-450; YEAST; PLANTS; CATALYSIS; JERUSALEM artichoke; HYDROXYLATION

The catalytic properties of CYP73, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase isolated from Helianthus tuberosus tuber [Teutsch. H. G., Hasenfratz. M. P., Lesot. A., Stoltz. C., Garnier. J. M., Jeltsch. J. M., Durst. F. & Werck-Reichhart. D. (1993) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 90, 4102-4106] and expressed in an optimized yeast system [Urban. P., Werck-Reichhart. D., Teutsch. G. H., Durst F., Regnier. S., Kazmaier. M. & Pompon. D., (1994) Eur. J. Biochem. 222, 843-850] have been investigated. Microsomes from transformed yeast catalysed trans-cinnamate hydroxylation with high efficiency. CYP73 was highly specific for its natural substrate, and did not catalyse oxygenation of p-courmarate, benzoate, ferulate, naringenin or furanocoumarins. No metabolism to terpenoids or fatty acids, known substrates of plant P450s, was observed. CYP73 however demethylated the natural coumarin herniarin into umbelliferone. In addition, it was shown to oxygenate five xenobiotics and mechanism-based inactivators, including the herbicide chlorotoluron. All substrates of CYP73 were small planar aromatic molecules. Comparison of the kinetic parameters of CYP73 for its various substrates showed that, as expected, cinnamate was by far the best substrate of this P450. The physiological and toxicological significance of these observation are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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