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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Human cytochrome P450c17 (17alpha-hydroxylase, 17,20-lyase) (CYP17) and cytochrome P450c21 (21-hydroxylase) (CYP21) differ by only 14 amino acids in length and share 29% amino acid identity. Both enzymes hydroxylate progesterone at carbon atoms that lie only 2.6A apart, but CYP17 also metabolizes other steroids and demonstrates additional catalytic activities. To probe the active site topologies of these related enzymes, we synthesized the enantiomer of progesterone and determined if ent-progesterone is a substrate or inhibitor of CYP17 and CYP21. Neither enzyme metabolizes ent-progesterone; however, ent-progesterone is a potent competitive inhibitor of CYP17 (K(I)=0.2 microM). The ent-progesterone forms a type I difference spectrum with CYP17, but molecular dynamics simulations suggest different binding orientations for progesterone and its enantiomer. The ent-progesterone also inhibits CYP21, with weaker affinity than for CYP17. We conclude that CYP17 accommodates the stereochemically unnatural ent-progesterone better than CYP21. Enantiomeric steroids can be used to probe steroid binding sites, and these compounds may be effective inhibitors of steroid biosynthesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
409
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
134-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Microsomes, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Models, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Progesterone, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Spectrophotometry, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Stereoisomerism, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Steroid 21-Hydroxylase, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:12464252-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The enantiomer of progesterone (ent-progesterone) is a competitive inhibitor of human cytochromes P450c17 and P450c21.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Bovlevard, Dallas 75390-8857, USA. Richard.Auchus@UTSouthwestern.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't