Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

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

  • Simon Bo Jensen,
  • Sara Thodberg,
  • Shaheena Parween,
  • Matias E. Moses,
  • Cecilie C. Hansen,
  • Johannes Thomsen,
  • Magnus B. Sletfjerding,
  • Camilla Knudsen,
  • Rita Del Giudice,
  • Philip M. Lund,
  • Patricia R. Castaño,
  • Yanet G. Bustamante,
  • Maria Natalia Rojas Velazquez,
  • Flemming Steen Jørgensen,
  • Amit V. Pandey,
  • Tomas Laursen,
  • Birger Lindberg Møller,
  • Nikos S. Hatzakis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22562-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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P450 oxidoreductase (POR) selectively activates numerous cytochromes P450 (CYP), crucial for metabolism of drugs, steroids and xenobiotics and natural product biosynthesis. Here, the authors identify ligands that bind POR and bias its specificity towards CYP redox partners, activating distinct metabolic cascades in cells.