Structure and mechanism of styrene monooxygenase reductase: new insight into the FAD-transfer reaction.

ABSTRACT: The two-component flavoprotein styrene monooxygenase (SMO) from Pseudomonas putida S12 catalyzes the NADH- and FAD-dependent epoxidation of styrene to styrene oxide. In this study, we investigate the mechanism of flavin reduction and transfer from the reductase (SMOB) to the epoxidase (NSMOA) component and report our findings in light of the 2.2 Å crystal structure of SMOB. Upon rapidly mixing with NADH, SMOB forms an NADH → FADox charge-transfer intermediate and catalyzes a hydride-transfer reaction from NADH to FAD, with a rate constant of 49.1 ± 1.4 s(-1), in a step that is coupled to the rapid dissociation of NAD(+). Electrochemical and equilibrium-binding studies indicate that NSMOA binds FADhq ∼13-times more tightly than SMOB, which supports a vectoral transfer of FADhq from the redu

SUBMITTER: Morrison E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3830598 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature