PROSITE documentation PDOC00081Cytochrome P450 cysteine heme-iron ligand signature
Cytochrome P450's [1,2,3] are a group of enzymes involved in the oxidative metabolism of a high number of natural compounds (such as steroids, fatty acids, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, etc) as well as drugs, carcinogens and mutagens. Based on sequence similarities, P450's have been classified into about forty different families [4,5]. P450's are proteins of 400 to 530 amino acids; the only exception is Bacillus BM-3 (CYP102) which is a protein of 1048 residues that contains a N-terminal P450 domain followed by a reductase domain. P450's are heme proteins. A conserved cysteine residue in the C-terminal part of P450's is involved in binding the heme iron in the fifth coordination site. From a region around this residue, we developed a ten residue signature specific to P450's.
Note:The term 'cytochrome' P450, while commonly used, is incorrect as P450 are not electron-transfer proteins; the appropriate name is P450 'heme- thiolate proteins'.
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