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Drug Disposition Overview - Pharmacology and at UCSD

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BIOM/PHAR 255 Winter 2013 Halpert - Jan. 17, 2013<br />

Cytochromes P450 (Enzyme<br />

Structures)<br />

Six Protein Regions th<strong>at</strong> Contribute to<br />

Substr<strong>at</strong>e Selectivity: SRS<br />

Substr<strong>at</strong>e Recognition Sites<br />

(SRS)<br />

Gotoh (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267,<br />

83-90.<br />

SRS1<br />

SRS2<br />

SRS3<br />

SRS4<br />

SRS5<br />

SRS6<br />

heme<br />

2B4<br />

PDB 1SUO<br />

10 of 22<br />

General Structure of Mammalian<br />

Cytochromes P450<br />

Structural<br />

components<br />

alpha helix<br />

beta sheet<br />

heme<br />

protoporphyrin<br />

IX prosthetic<br />

group<br />

2B4<br />

PDB: 1PO5<br />

Major structural fe<strong>at</strong>ures th<strong>at</strong><br />

determine specificity of P450 enzymes<br />

• Length <strong>and</strong> positioning of α−helices <strong>and</strong> βsheets<br />

determines size <strong>and</strong> shape of binding<br />

pocket<br />

• Identity of active site residues determines<br />

binding orient<strong>at</strong>ion of substr<strong>at</strong>es

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