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Stereoselectivity of cytochrome P-450c in the formation of naphthalene and anthracene 1,2-oxides.

Absolute configurations of the arene 1,2-oxides formed from napththalene and anthracene by cytochrome P-450c, the predominant isozyme of cytochrome P-450 found in the livers of rats treated with 3-methylcholanthrene, were determined via two different approaches. The first consisted of trapping the arene oxides with N-acetyl-L-cysteine to form S-conjugates, methylation of the conjugates with diazomethane, and separation of the resulting diastereomeric esters by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. Analysis by this procedure of the arene oxides formed from radioactive naphthalene and anthracene by a highly purified and reconstituted monooxygenase system containing cytochrome P-450c indicated that 73 and greater than or equal to 95%, respectively, of the metabolically formed arene oxides consisted of the (+)-(1R,2S)-enantiomer. In the second approach, each hydrocarbon was incubated with a reconstituted system containing both cytochrome P-450c and epoxide hydrolase. Under these conditions, the predominant metabolites are trans-1,2-dihydrodiols formed by epoxide hydrolase catalyzed trans-addition of water to the arene oxide intermediates. In both cases, the (-)-(1R,2R)-dihydrodiols predominated; 92% for naphthalene and 99% for anthracene. Enzyme-catalyzed addition of water to (+)- and (-)-anthracene 1,2-oxide and (+)-napthalene 1,2-oxide occurred exclusively (greater than 99%) at the allylic 2-position. The (-)-(1S,2R)-naphthalene 1,2-oxide, however, is converted to a 40:60 mixture of the (-)-(1R,2R)- and (+)-(1S,2S)-dihydrodiols by benzylic and allylic attack, respectively, resulting in increased enantiomeric purity of the dihydrodiol relative to the oxide. Thus, qualitatively and quantitatively both approaches indicate that the (+)-arene (1R,2S)-oxides predominate. The results are discussed in terms of the steric constraints of a proposed model for the catalytic binding site of cytochrome P-450c.[1]

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  1. Stereoselectivity of cytochrome P-450c in the formation of naphthalene and anthracene 1,2-oxides. van Bladeren, P.J., Vyas, K.P., Sayer, J.M., Ryan, D.E., Thomas, P.E., Levin, W., Jerina, D.M. J. Biol. Chem. (1984) [Pubmed]
 
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