Quantum biology: An update and perspective

Y Kim, F Bertagna, EM D'souza, DJ Heyes… - Quantum …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the rules of life is one of the most important scientific endeavours and has
revolutionised both biology and biotechnology. Remarkable advances in observation …

Mechanism of nitric oxide synthase regulation: electron transfer and interdomain interactions

C Feng - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Mammalian nitric oxide synthase (NOS), a flavo-hemoprotein, tightly regulates nitric oxide
(NO) synthesis and thereby its dual biological activities as a key signaling molecule for …

Biased cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism via small-molecule ligands binding P450 oxidoreductase

SB Jensen, S Thodberg, S Parween, ME Moses… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Metabolic control is mediated by the dynamic assemblies and function of multiple redox
enzymes. A key element in these assemblies, the P450 oxidoreductase (POR), donates …

NADPH–cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase: prototypic member of the diflavin reductase family

T Iyanagi, C Xia, JJP Kim - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
NADPH–cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (CYPOR) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS), two
members of the diflavin oxidoreductase family, are multi-domain enzymes containing distinct …

Plasticity of specialized metabolism as mediated by dynamic metabolons

T Laursen, BL Møller, JE Bassard - Trends in plant science, 2015 - cell.com
The formation of specialized metabolites enables plants to respond to biotic and abiotic
stresses, but requires the sequential action of multiple enzymes. To facilitate swift production …

Local Electric Fields Drives the Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer within Cytochrome P450 Reductase

N Li, S Yan, P Wu, J Li, B Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cytochrome P450 enzymes play a pivotal role in biosynthetic and metabolic transformations.
Especially, cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) acts as the key electron donor for the oxygen …

Understanding and tuning the catalytic bias of hydrogenase

A Abou Hamdan, S Dementin, PP Liebgott… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
When enzymes are optimized for biotechnological purposes, the goal often is to increase
stability or catalytic efficiency. However, many enzymes reversibly convert their substrate …

Conformational changes of NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase are essential for catalysis and cofactor binding

C Xia, D Hamdane, AL Shen, V Choi, CB Kasper… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
The crystal structure of NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CYPOR) implies that a large
domain movement is essential for electron transfer from NADPH via FAD and FMN to its …

Electron transfer partners of cytochrome P450

L Waskell, JJP Kim - Cytochrome P450: structure, mechanism, and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is the obligatory flavoprotein
electron donor to microsomal cytochromes P450 (P450). POR is a diflavin protein containing …

Redox-linked domain movements in the catalytic cycle of cytochrome p450 reductase

WC Huang, J Ellis, PCE Moody, EL Raven… - Structure, 2013 - cell.com
NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase is a key component of the P450 mono-oxygenase drug-
metabolizing system. There is evidence for a conformational equilibrium involving large …