Issue 24, 2024

Tracking protein–protein interactions by NMR: conformational selection in human steroidogenic cytochrome P450 CYP17A1 induced by cytochrome b5

Abstract

The human steroidogenic cytochrome P450 CYP17A1 catalyzes two types of reactions in the biosynthetic pathway leading from pregnenolone to testosterone and several other steroid hormones. The first is the hydroxylation of pregnenolone or progesterone to the corresponding 17α-hydroxy steroid, followed by a lyase reaction that converts these 17α-hydroxy intermediates to the androgens dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione, respectively. cytochrome b5 (cytb5) is known to act as both an effector and electron donor for the lyase oxidations, markedly stimulating the rate of the lyase reaction in its presence relative to the rate in its absence. Extensive sequential backbone 1H,15N and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance assignments have now been made for oxidized CYP17A1 bound to the prostate cancer drug and inhibitor abiraterone. This is the first eukaryotic P450 for which such assignments are now available. These assignments allow more complete interpretation of the structural perturbations observed upon cytb5 addition. Possible mechanism(s) for the effector activity of cytb5 are discussed in light of this new information.

Graphical abstract: Tracking protein–protein interactions by NMR: conformational selection in human steroidogenic cytochrome P450 CYP17A1 induced by cytochrome b5

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 mar. 2024
Accepted
26 may. 2024
First published
31 may. 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 16980-16988

Tracking protein–protein interactions by NMR: conformational selection in human steroidogenic cytochrome P450 CYP17A1 induced by cytochrome b5

A. M. Richard, D. F. Estrada, L. Flynn, S. S. Pochapsky, E. E. Scott and T. C. Pochapsky, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 16980 DOI: 10.1039/D4CP01268B

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