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Chemistry and function of the active site of P450 BM3 probed by resonance Raman and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering

ReferenceB12703
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor William Smith
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Andrew Munro
Institution University of Strathclyde
DepartmentPure and Applied Chemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 217,136
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/07/2000
End date 15/08/2003
Duration37 months

Abstract

Cytochrome P450 BM3 is the best understood soluble P450 and is an ideal system to advance understanding of P450 mechanism. New developments in resonance Raman and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering and the informative nature of the selective scattering from haem and flavin chromophores, combined with the availability of key mutants will be used to define in situ active site structure and catalytic intermediates, and to understand interactions between P450 and other proteins, and consequently P450 function. Specific targets to be characterised are: (1) active site structure in wild-type/mutant P450s, (2) substrate-, ligand- and cofactor-dependent effects on P450 BM3 haem & flavin signals, (3) inter-protein effects, including domain/domain and P450/cytochrome b5 interactions, and (4) properties of the oxygen complexes of P450 BM3, using freeze-quenching to trap short-lived intermediates.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
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Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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