
Diflavin reductases are bidomain electron transfer proteins in which structural reorientation is necessary to account for the various intramolecular and intermolecular electron transfer steps. Using small-angle x-ray scattering and nuclear magnetic resonance data, we describe the conformational free-energy landscape of the NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR), a typical bidomain redox enzyme composed of two covalently-bound flavin domains, under various experimental conditions. The CPR enzyme exists in a salt- and pH-dependent rapid equilibrium between a previously described rigid, locked state and a newly characterized, highly flexible, unlocked state. We further establish that maximal electron flux through CPR is conditioned by adjustable stability of the locked-state domain interface under resting conditions. This is rationalized by a kinetic scheme coupling rapid conformational sampling and slow chemical reaction rates. Regulated domain interface stability associated with fast stochastic domain contacts during the catalytic cycle thus provides, to our knowledge, a new paradigm for improving our understanding of multidomain enzyme function.
STRUCTURAL BASIS, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, CYTOCHROME P450 OXIDOREDUCTASE, Biophysics, PROTEIN, Electrons, DOMAIN, Flavins, [CHIM] Chemical Sciences, Scattering, Small Angle, NADPH, Humans, NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, ENERGY LANDSCAPE, NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase, X-Rays, SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING, X-RAY-SCATTERING, Elasticity, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Solutions, BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, Kinetics
STRUCTURAL BASIS, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, CYTOCHROME P450 OXIDOREDUCTASE, Biophysics, PROTEIN, Electrons, DOMAIN, Flavins, [CHIM] Chemical Sciences, Scattering, Small Angle, NADPH, Humans, NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, ENERGY LANDSCAPE, NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase, X-Rays, SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING, X-RAY-SCATTERING, Elasticity, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Solutions, BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, Kinetics
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