Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Capturing an initial intermediate during the P450nor enzymatic reaction using time-resolved XFEL crystallography and caged-substrate

  • Takehiko Tosha,
  • Takashi Nomura,
  • Takuma Nishida,
  • Naoya Saeki,
  • Kouta Okubayashi,
  • Raika Yamagiwa,
  • Michihiro Sugahara,
  • Takanori Nakane,
  • Keitaro Yamashita,
  • Kunio Hirata,
  • Go Ueno,
  • Tetsunari Kimura,
  • Tamao Hisano,
  • Kazumasa Muramoto,
  • Hitomi Sawai,
  • Hanae Takeda,
  • Eiichi Mizohata,
  • Ayumi Yamashita,
  • Yusuke Kanematsu,
  • Yu Takano,
  • Eriko Nango,
  • Rie Tanaka,
  • Osamu Nureki,
  • Osami Shoji,
  • Yuka Ikemoto,
  • Hironori Murakami,
  • Shigeki Owada,
  • Kensuke Tono,
  • Makina Yabashi,
  • Masaki Yamamoto,
  • Hideo Ago,
  • So Iwata,
  • Hiroshi Sugimoto,
  • Yoshitsugu Shiro,
  • Minoru Kubo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01702-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Using photosensitive caged-compound for femtosecond crystallography at X-ray free electron lasers would allow the structure determination of reaction intermediates. Here the authors demonstrate the feasibility of this approach with a caged NO-compound and present the initial NO-bound intermediate structure of cytochrome P450 nitric oxide reductase.