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  • Title: Substrate binding is the rate-limiting step in thromboxane synthase catalysis.
    Author: Wang LH, Tsai AL, Hsu PY.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 2001 May 04; 276(18):14737-43. PubMed ID: 11297515.
    Abstract:
    Thromboxane synthase (TXAS) is a "non-classical" cytochrome P450. Without any need for an external electron donor, or for a reductase or molecular oxygen, it uses prostaglandin H2 (PGH2) to catalyze either an isomerization reaction to form thromboxane A2 (TXA2) or a fragmentation reaction to form 12-l-hydroxy-5,8,10-heptadecatrienoic acid and malondialdehyde (MDA) at a ratio of 1:1:1 (TXA2:heptadecatrienoic acid:MDA). We report here kinetics of TXAS with heme ligands in binding study and with PGH2 in enzymatic study. We determined that 1) binding of U44069, an oxygen-based ligand, is a two-step process; U44069 first binds TXAS, then ligates the heme-iron with a maximal rate constant of 105-130 s(-1); 2) binding of cyanide, a carbon-based ligand, is a one-step process with k(on) of 2.4 M(-1) s(-1) and k(off) of 0.112 s(-1); and 3) both imidazole and clotrimazole (nitrogen-based ligands) bind TXAS in a two-step process; an initial binding to the heme-iron with on-rate constants of 8.4 x 10(4) M(-1) s(-1) and 1.5 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1) for imidazole and clotrimazole, respectively, followed by a slow conformational change with off-rate constants of 8.8 s(-1) and 0.53 s(-1), respectively. The results of our binding study indicate that the TXAS active site is hydrophobic and spacious. In addition, steady-state kinetic study revealed that TXAS consumed PGH2 at a rate of 3,800 min(-1) and that the k(cat)/K(m) for PGH2 consumption was 3 x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1). Based on these data, TXAS appears to be a very efficient catalyst. Surprisingly, rapid-scan stopped-flow experiments revealed marginal absorbance changes upon mixing TXAS with PGH2, indicating minimal accumulation of any heme-derived intermediates. Freeze-quench EPR measurements for the same reaction showed minimal change of heme redox state. Further kinetic analysis using a combination of rapid-mixing chemical quench and computer simulation showed that the kinetic parameters of TXAS-catalyzed reaction are: PGH2 bound TXAS at a rate of 1.2-2.0 x 10(7) M(-1) s(-1); the rate of catalytic conversion of PGH2 to TXA2 or MDA was at least 15,000 s(-1) and the lower limit of the rates for products release was 4,000-6,000 s(-1). Given that the cellular PGH2 concentration is quite low, we concluded that under physiological conditions, the substrate-binding step is the rate-limiting step of the TXAS-catalyzed reaction, in sharp contrast with "classical" P450 enzymes.
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