P450(camr), a cytochrome P450 catalysing the stereospecific 6-endo-hydroxylation of (1R)-(+)-camphor

G Grogan, G A Roberts, S Parsons, N J Turner, S L Flitsch

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Abstract

Rhodococcus sp. NCIMB 9784 accumulated 6-endo-hydroxycamphor 3 when grown on (1R)-(+)camphor 1 as sole carbon source. The structure of 3 has been unambiguously assigned for the first time using Xray crystallography. A soluble cytochrome P450 hydroxylase, induced by growth on (1R)-(+)-camphor and designated P450(camr), has been isolated from the bacterium Rhodococcus sp. NCIMB 9784. Using authentic 6-endo hydroxycamphor as standard, a cell-free system consisting of pure P450(camr) and putidaredoxin and putidaredoxin reductase from Pseudomonas putida confirmed that the enzyme hydroxylates (1R)-(+)-camphor specifically in the 6-endo position, in contrast to the 5-exo hydroxylation catalysed by the well-studied P450(cam) from P. putida. P450(camr) has a molecular mass of approximately 44 kDa, and a pI of 4.8.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)449-454
Number of pages6
JournalAPPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume59
Issue number4-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2002

Keywords

  • RETRO-CLAISEN REACTION
  • CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE
  • BETA-DIKETONES
  • DESYMMETRIZATION
  • HYDROXYLATION
  • OXIDATION
  • CAMPHOR

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