Protein and ligand dynamics in 4-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase.

ABSTRACT: para-Hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase catalyzes a two-step reaction that demands precise control of solvent access to the catalytic site. The first step of the reaction, reduction of flavin by NADPH, requires access to solvent. The second step, oxygenation of reduced flavin to a flavin C4a-hydroperoxide that transfers the hydroxyl group to the substrate, requires that solvent be excluded to prevent breakdown of the hydroperoxide to oxidized flavin and hydrogen peroxide. These conflicting requirements are met by the coordination of multiple movements involving the protein, the two cofactors, and the substrate. Here, using the R220Q mutant form of para-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase, we show that in the absence of substrate, the large beta alpha beta domain (residues 1-180) and the smaller sheet dom

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC117353 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature