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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2009 Sep 29;48(38):9140–9146. doi: 10.1021/bi901258m

Table 2.

Activation Energies for Oxidation Reactions of P450 Compounds I.a

Substrate BDE (kcal/mol) P450 Ea (kcal/mol)
lauric acidb 98 CYP119 17.9
cyclopropylmethylc 95 CYP119 16.4
95 CYP2B4 16.3
benzphetamimed 89 CYP119 15.7
89 CYP2B4 15.5
styrene CYP102HD 15.2
CYP119 14.6
benzyl alcohole 79 CYP119 13.7
a

The data for hydroxylation activation energies and hydrocarbon BDEs are from ref (17); the styrene activation energies are from this work.

b

Unactivated CH positions in lauric acid.

c

CH of methyl group adjacent to cyclopropyl ring.

d

CH of the methyl group adjacent to amine nitrogen.

e

Benzylic CH position in benzyl alcohol.