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Cytochrome P450 3A4

Homo sapiens · seed P08684 · 503 aa · family defined as ≥30% identity to that seed · compiled 07 October 2026

CATH and SCOP identifiers come from the RCSB's own structure annotations, which the Domains panel already reads, so these are looked up rather than guessed at.

197Entries 197Entities 62Constructs 14Organisms 197Ligand-bound
1.32 ÅBest res.
2.50 ÅMedian res.

Every figure here is counted over the whole family rather than quoted from one entry.

The reference structure

1TQN, the structure every other member of this family is superposed onto. Rendered by the RCSB and embedded here: the live app shows an interactive viewport, which a document that fetches nothing cannot.

Rendered structure of 1TQN
1TQN at the RCSB · open it in the 3D viewer

Which residues anyone has ever seen

How many of this family's constructs contain each residue of the seed. A trough is a stretch nobody has put in a construct, which is a construct-design answer rather than a disorder one.

1251503197 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

62 distinct constructs across 197 entries. 184 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 14 carry a recognised expression tag and 0 carry a fusion partner.

"Differs from canonical" is not the same as "engineered". The canonical sequence is the full gene product, so a secreted protein whose structures all start after its signal peptide counts every one of them as different: lysozyme's most-used construct, residues 19–147 on 1,239 entities, is simply the mature protein. Read the construct column below for what was actually done, rather than this count.

EntitiesLengthBest (Å)Best entryWhat was made
95 487 1.70 5VCC residues 21-503; L21M, L22A
11 486 2.05 1TQN residues 22-503; L22M, Y23A
6 485 2.00 3NXU residues 23-503; Y23M, L24A
5 480 2.20 6MJM residues 22-501; L22M, Y23A, T498H +3 more
4 487 2.40 7UFE residues 21-503; L21M, L22A, K421A +1 more
3 416 1.54 3P3O matches the canonical sequence
3 417 2.10 1IZO matches the canonical sequence
3 487 1.95 5VCD residues 21-503; L21M, L22A, C58A +5 more
3 487 2.10 3N9Y His6; residues 41-521
3 489 2.77 6XZ9 His6; residues 24-503; L24M, G25A, R27K
2 444 2.10 2VE3 matches the canonical sequence
2 466 1.75 7YD9 residues 1-466; 1 internal deletion; F88G, A185V, T269V +9 more
2 468 2.77 4ZF8 residues 1-468; R48L, F82I, F88V +9 more
2 483 2.49 4DVQ His6; residues 27-503; R27M, A29K, R30K +3 more
2 484 2.40 9NJW no UniProt reference for this entity, so it cannot be diffed against a canonical sequence
2 484 2.95 4NY4 residues 24-503; L24A
2 487 1.93 4D6Z residues 21-503; L21M, L22A, K282A +1 more
2 492 1.68 7WZM His6+T7
2 503 matches the canonical sequence
1 390 2.30 9KPU residues 8-397; A10T, A11P, D22A +83 more
1 393 1.85 9KPP residues 5-397; E6S, G7A, A10T +85 more
1 406 2.10 3P3L P144A
1 407 1.94 3VM4 residues 9-415
1 407 2.17 3VNO residues 9-415; R241E
1 407 2.34 3VOO residues 9-415; A245E

Showing the 25 most-used of 62.

Positions people deliberately mutate

Columns where the wild-type residue still dominates but a real minority carries something else, which is a different question from "what varies across species".

T166G 34% V175D 34% V296R 34% M371P 34% V392T 34% V393L 34% S398I 34% S437G 34% I317A 32% M318L 32% R243E 32% L415R 32% V489F 32% S186L 32% I369V 32% C377A 32% C468H 32% M256L 32% V245I 31% K413E 31% V269E 31% E494K 31% T171E 30% M181L 30% H267S 30% S278A 30% L293E 30% Q332R 30% R372A 30% I383L 30%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
monomeric1 95 48.2%
dimeric2 81 41.1%
tetrameric4 9 4.6%
trimeric3 8 4.1%
hexameric6 4 2.0%

74 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 113 carry the depositor's word alone and 8 were assigned by PISA where the depositor gave none. The middle figure is not a disagreement: PISA may have returned nothing or never run. 22 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 1TQN, 4I3Q, 4I4G, 4I4H, 4NY4, 5VC0, 5VCC, 5VCD, 5VCE, 5VCG, 6MA6, 6MA7, 6UNE, 6UNG, 6UNH, 6UNI, 6UNJ, 6UNK, 6UNL, 6UNM.

Domain architecture

Every source's own domains on the seed axis, one row each. They are not merged: Pfam, CATH, SCOP and InterPro disagree about boundaries, and a merged track would state a consensus none of them gave.

CATHCytochrome P450SCOP2BCytochrome P450Cytochrome P450Cytochrome P450Cytochrome P450Cytochrome P450Cytochrome P450Cytochrome P4501251503
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
Cytochrome P450CATH 1.10.630.10 31–499 113
Cytochrome P450SCOP2B 8103386 27–499 2
Cytochrome P450SCOP2B 8040388 30–498 121
Cytochrome P450SCOP2B 8068663 31–497 6
Cytochrome P450SCOP2B 8039120 284–503 17
Cytochrome P450SCOP2B 8084082 305–503 4
Cytochrome P450SCOP2B 8064340 358–503 6
Cytochrome P450SCOP2B 8032216 362–503 5

What binds it

HEM HEM194 entries RIT RIT5 entries FES FES5 entries MYT MYT4 entries PAM PAM3 entries STR STR3 entries MWY MWY3 entries IC6 IC63 entries HOA HOA3 entries HL0 HL03 entries KLN KLN2 entries HC9 HC92 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
HEMcofactor Protoporphyrin Ix Containing Fe 194 1.32
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 35 1.32
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 13 1.54
EDOcryoprotectant 1,2-Ethanediol 13 1.70
DMScryoprotectant Dimethyl Sulfoxide 7 1.32
RITligand Ritonavir 5 2.00
PLMlipid/detergent Palmitic Acid 5 1.65
FESligand Fe2/s2 (Inorganic) Cluster 5 2.10
CLion Chloride Ion 5 1.54
PEGcryoprotectant Di(Hydroxyethyl)ether 5 2.00
MYTligand Metyrapone 4 1.40
PAMligand Palmitoleic Acid 3 2.00
STRligand Progesterone 3 2.45
MWYligand (3as,4r,5s,6r,8r,9r,9ar,10r)-6-Ethyl-5-Hydroxy-4,6,9,10-Tetramet 3 2.46
MRDcryoprotectant (4r)-2-Methylpentane-2,4-Diol 3 1.65
IMDbuffer Imidazole 3 1.78
NIion Nickel (Ii) Ion 3 2.77
IC6ligand (2s)-2-(6-Imidazol-1-Ylhexanoylamino)-3-Phenyl-Propanoic Acid 3 1.75
HOAligand Hydroxyamine 3 1.56
HL0ligand N-[(3s)-2-Oxotetrahydrofuran-3-Yl]decanamide 3 1.32

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 189 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 190 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 7.0 (range 5.0 to 9.0).

Precipitants

PEG × Sodium malonate × Sodium chloride × Magnesium chloride × Lithium sulfate × MPD × Tacsimate × Sodium citrate × Ammonium sulfate × Isopropanol × Jeffamine × Calcium chloride × Sodium formate ×

Buffers

HEPES × Tris × MES × Citrate × Succinate × Bis-Tris propane × Sodium acetate × ADA × Phosphate × Bis-Tris × Imidazole ×

Which entries to trust

194 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 82 clean, 65 worth a check and 47 with something to explain. Median clashscore 8.4, median RSRZ outliers 2.41%, median R-free minus R-work 0.044. 194 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens150 1.40 150 100%
Priestia megaterium12 1.32 12 44%
Sphingomonas paucimobilis7 1.65 7 21%
Priestia megaterium NBRC 15308 = ATCC 145815 1.52 5 43%
Bacillus subtilis5 2.00 5 20%
Streptomyces thioluteus4 1.54 4 33%
Streptomyces avermitilis2 1.68 2 41%
Actinomadura sp.2 1.85 2 34%
Synechocystis sp. PCC 68032 2.10 2 36%
Taxus cuspidata2 2.10 2 42%
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 1682 2.29 2 20%
synthetic construct2 2.40 2 40%

Seed sequence

503 residues, numbered every ten. Every identity figure in this document is measured against this sequence.

active or binding site modified residue or glycosylation disulphide cysteine transmembrane or signal the 15 most-substituted positions

1MALIPDLAME TWLLLAVSLV LLYLYGTHSH GLFKKLGIPG PTPLPFLGNI LSYHKGFCMF
61DMECHKKYGK VWGFYDGQQP VLAITDPDMI KTVLVKECYS VFTNRRPFGP VGFMKSAISI
121AEDEEWKRLR SLLSPTFTSG KLKEMVPIIA QYGDVLVRNL RREAETGKPV TLKDVFGAYS
181MDVITSTSFG VNIDSLNNPQ DPFVENTKKL LRFDFLDPFF LSITVFPFLI PILEVLNICV
241FPREVTNFLR KSVKRMKESR LEDTQKHRVD FLQLMIDSQN SKETESHKAL SDLELVAQSI
301IFIFAGYETT SSVLSFIMYE LATHPDVQQK LQEEIDAVLP NKAPPTYDTV LQMEYLDMVV
361NETLRLFPIA MRLERVCKKD VEINGMFIPK GVVVMIPSYA LHRDPKYWTE PEKFLPERFS
421KKNKDNIDPY IYTPFGSGPR NCIGMRFALM NMKLALIRVL QNFSFKPCKE TQIPLKLSLG
481GLLQPEKPVV LKVESRDGTV SGA

Sites are UniProt's curated features where the seed is a UniProt accession; the substituted positions are measured from this family's own alignment rather than annotated, and only the fifteen most substituted are marked: every position carrying a minority substitution would be most of the protein, because the family holds orthologues. A residue can carry more than one and is drawn with the first that applies, in the order of the key above.

Primary citations

One record per paper, not per entry.

YearCitation
2026 The role of CYP3A-CYP2E1 interactions in activation of CYP3A enzymes by chronic alcohol exposure Biochem.J. doi:10.1042/bcj20260456
2025 Rationally designing P450BM3-H to excavate a novel channel for product exit and enhance overall performance. Int.J.Biol.Macromol. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.142162
2025 Interaction of cytochrome P450 3A4 with the hydrophilic ligand tetraethylene glycol. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.153040
2025 Cytochrome P450 Mediated Cyclohexane Ring Formation in Forazoline Biosynthesis. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.202504925
2025 Decoding the selective chemical modulation of CYP3A4. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-58749-8
2025 Interaction of cytochrome P450 3A4 with cannabinoids and the drug darifenacin. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110709
2025 Unexpected Activities of CYP152 Peroxygenases Toward Non-carboxylic Substrates Reveal Novel Substrate Recognition Mechanism and Catalytic Versatility. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.202506614
2025 Evaluation of Larger Side-Group Functionalities and the Side/End-Group Interplay in Ritonavir-Like Inhibitors of CYP3A4. Chem.Biol.Drug Des. doi:10.1111/cbdd.70043
2025 How evolution shaped the structure of steroidogenic cytochrome P450 11A. J.Inorg.Biochem. doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2025.113105
2025 Unique structural features define the decarboxylation activity of a CYP152 fatty acid decarboxylase from Lacicoccus alkaliphilus. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110397
2025 Microcrystallization and room-temperature serial crystallography structure of human cytochrome P450 3A4. Arch.Biochem.Biophys. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2025.110419
2024 Bacterial Acyl Homoserine Lactones Triggered Non-Native Substrate Hydroxylation Catalyzed by Directed-Evolution-Derived Cytochrome P450BM3 Mutants Chemcatchem doi:10.1002/cctc.202401641
2024 Revisiting strategies and their combinatorial effect for introducing peroxygenase activity in CYP102A1 (P450BM3) Mol Catal doi:10.1016/j.mcat.2024.113953
2024 Unraveling the Catalytic Mechanism of Taxadiene-5alpha-hydroxylase from Crystallography and Computational Analyses. Acs Catalysis doi:10.1021/acscatal.3c05807
2024 Interaction of CYP3A4 with the inhibitor cobicistat: Structural and mechanistic insights and comparison with ritonavir. Arch.Biochem.Biophys. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2024.110071
2024 Directed Evolution Enables Dynamic Control of Transient Intermediates for Anti-Markovnikov Wacker-Tsuji-Type Oxidation of Unactivated Alkenes Chemrxiv doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-j0229-v2
2023 Regiodivergent and Enantioselective Hydroxylation of C-H bonds by Synergistic Use of Protein Engineering and Exogenous Dual-Functional Small Molecules. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.202215088
2023 Dynamic Ir(III) Photosensors for the Major Human Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme Cytochrome P450 3A4. Inorg.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00059
2023 Interaction of CYP3A4 with caffeine: First insights into multiple substrate binding. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105117
2023 Biocatalytic enantioselective gamma-C-H lactonization of aliphatic carboxylic acids Nat Synth doi:10.1038/s44160-023-00427-y
2023 Human cytochrome P450 3A7 binding four copies of its native substrate dehydroepiandrosterone 3-sulfate. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104993
2023 Differential Effects of Clotrimazole on X-Ray Crystal Structures of Human Cytochromes P450 3A5 and 3A4. Drug Metab.Dispos. doi:10.1124/dmd.123.001464
2022 Biocatalytic Enantioselective beta-Hydroxylation of Unactivated C-H Bonds in Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.202204290
2022 Interaction of CYP3A4 with Rationally Designed Ritonavir Analogues: Impact of Steric Constraints Imposed on the Heme-Ligating Group and the End-Pyridine Attachment. Int J Mol Sci doi:10.3390/ijms23137291
2022 Crystal Structure of CYP3A4 Complexed with Fluorol Identifies the Substrate Access Channel as a High-Affinity Ligand Binding Site. Int J Mol Sci doi:10.3390/ijms232012591
2022 Structural characterization of the homotropic cooperative binding of azamulin to human cytochrome P450 3A5. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101909
2022 Ir(III)-Based Agents for Monitoring the Cytochrome P450 3A4 Active Site Occupancy. Inorg.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02587
2021 Spatially restricted substrate-binding site of cortisol-synthesizing CYP11B1 limits multiple hydroxylations and hinders aldosterone synthesis. Curr Res Struct Biol doi:10.1016/j.crstbi.2021.08.001
2021 Structural Basis for the Diminished Ligand Binding and Catalytic Ability of Human Fetal-Specific CYP3A7. Int J Mol Sci doi:10.3390/ijms22115831
2021 Photosensitive Ru(II) Complexes as Inhibitors of the Major Human Drug Metabolizing Enzyme CYP3A4. J.Am.Chem.Soc. doi:10.1021/jacs.1c04155
2021 Rational Design of CYP3A4 Inhibitors: A One-Atom Linker Elongation in Ritonavir-Like Compounds Leads to a Marked Improvement in the Binding Strength. Int J Mol Sci doi:10.3390/ijms22020852
2021 Unraveling the Structural Basis of Selective Inhibition of Human Cytochrome P450 3A5. J.Am.Chem.Soc. doi:10.1021/jacs.1c07066
2021 Innovative C 2 -symmetric testosterone and androstenedione dimers: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation on prostate cancer cell lines and binding study to recombinant CYP3A4. Eur.J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113496
2021 Structural and functional insights into aldosterone synthase interaction with its redox partner protein adrenodoxin. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100794
2021 Aldosterone Synthase Structure With Cushing Disease Drug LCI699 Highlights Avenues for Selective CYP11B Drug Design. Hypertension doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17615
2020 An increase in side-group hydrophobicity largely improves the potency of ritonavir-like inhibitors of CYP3A4. Bioorg.Med.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115349
2020 Discovery of 3-Pyridyl Isoindolin-1-one Derivatives as Potent, Selective, and Orally Active Aldosterone Synthase (CYP11B2) Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00233
2019 Interaction of Human Drug-Metabolizing CYP3A4 with Small Inhibitory Molecules. Biochemistry doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01221
2019 Structure of human cortisol-producing cytochrome P450 11B1 bound to the breast cancer drug fadrozole provides insights for drug design. J. Biol. Chem. doi:10.1074/jbc.RA118.006214
2019 Structure-Activity Relationships of Rationally Designed Ritonavir Analogues: Impact of Side-Group Stereochemistry, Headgroup Spacing, and Backbone Composition on the Interaction with CYP3A4. Biochemistry doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00156