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Abstract
Many family 4 cytochrome P450s play key roles in fatty acid hydroxylation at the terminal, or ω, carbon, but the mechanistic basis for this energetically disfavored regiostereochemistry has been less clear. A co-crystal structure of the rabbit family 4 enzyme CYP4B1 with its substrate octane reveals that the propensity for ω-hydroxylation is orchestrated by active-site sterics, partially mediated by an unusual heme-polypeptide ester bond.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28363936 PMCID: PMC5392704 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.H117.775494
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157