Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases often determine the clearance of candidate drugs limiting their therapeutic efficacy. These enzymes can also be sources of off-target toxicity. Our long term objective is to understand the structural determinants of substrate recognition by P450 enzymes. Collectively and individually the human drug metabolizing P450s can metabolize structurally diverse range of substrates, and this is likely to reflect in part the flexibility of each enzyme and structural adaptations for substrate binding. This underscores the necessity to determine multiple structures of individual enzymes in complex with structurally dissimilar drugs to understand the contribution of conformational flexibility to drug binding. Specific changes in the active site architectures of P450s 1A2, 2C19 and 3A5 induced by interaction with chemically diverse substrates or inhibitors will be identified to delineate the range of adaptive changes that can occur for each enzyme. Additionally, the active site topologies of P450s 2J2, 3A7 and representative family 4A enzymes will also be determined to identify structural characteristics that control the important functional contribution made by these enzymes to drug metabolism and to the clearance of xenobiotics and excess endogenous compounds. Collectively, these studies will address significant gaps in our knowledge of P450 structure as it relates to function, and provide important information and tools for lead compound optimization in drug development to improve efficacy and reduce risks of metabolic drug-drug interactions.

Public Health Relevance

These studies will provide new information to guide drug design in order to improve efficacy and reduce undesirable off-target effects resulting from cytochrome P450 mediated drug metabolism. This will benefit a wide range of therapeutic areas targeted for drug development.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
2R01GM031001-38
Application #
9739098
Study Section
Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action Study Section (XNDA)
Program Officer
Garcia, Martha
Project Start
1982-08-01
Project End
2023-07-31
Budget Start
2019-08-01
Budget End
2020-07-31
Support Year
38
Fiscal Year
2019
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Scripps Research Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
781613492
City
La Jolla
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92037
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