The Final Catalytic Step of Cytochrome P450 Aromatase: A Density Functional Theory Study.

B3LYP density functional theory calculations are used to unravel the mysterious third step of aromatase catalysis. The feasibility of mechanisms in which the reduced ferrous dioxygen intermediate mediates androgen aromatization is explored and determined to be unlikely. However, proton-assisted homo...

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Published in:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 127; no. 14; pp. 5224 - 5238
Main Authors: Hackett, John C, Brueggemeier, Robert W., Hadad, Christopher M.
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Published: American Chemical Society 4/13/2005
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          Hackett, John C
          Brueggemeier, Robert W.
          Hadad, Christopher M.
        affil: Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, and the Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210.
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        Cytochrome P-450
        Density functionals
        Surface chemistry
        Cytochromes
        Molecular dynamics
        Dehydrogenases
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          Cytochrome P-450
          Density functionals
          Surface chemistry
          Cytochromes
          Molecular dynamics
          Dehydrogenases
      ab: B3LYP density functional theory calculations are used to unravel the mysterious third step of aromatase catalysis. The feasibility of mechanisms in which the reduced ferrous dioxygen intermediate mediates androgen aromatization is explored and determined to be unlikely. However, proton-assisted homolysis of the peroxo hemiacetal intermediate to produce P450 compound I and the C19 gem-diol likely proceeds with a low energetic barrier. Mechanisms for the aromatization and deformylation sequence which are initiated by 1β-hydrogen atom abstraction by P450 compound I are considered. 1β-Hydrogen atom abstraction from substrates in the presence of the 2,3-enol encounters strikingly low barriers (5.3-7.8 kcal/mol), whereas barriers for this same process rise to 17.0-27.1 kcal/mol in the keto tautomer. Transition states for 1β-hydrogen atom abstraction from enolized substrates in the presence of the 1 9-gem-diol decayed directly to the experimentally observed products. If the C19 aldehyde remains unhydrated, aromatization occurs with concomitant decarbonylation and therefore does not support dehydration of the C19 aldehyde prior to the final catalytic step. On the doublet surface, the transition state connects to a potentially labile 1(10) dehydrogenated product, which may undergo rapid aromatization, as well as formic acid. Ab initio molecular dynamics confirmed that the 1β-hydrogen atom abstraction and deformylation or decarbonylation occur in a nonsynchronous, coordinated manner. These calculations support a dehydrogenase behavior of aromatase in the final catalytic step, which can be summarized by 1β-hydrogen atom abstraction followed by gem-diol deprotonation.
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