TABLE 1 

Kinetic parameters of nicotine C-oxidation and coumarin 7-hydroxylation by microsomes from 293FT cells expressing CYP2A6 wild-type and variant proteins

These data represent the mean ± S.D. of three independently performed catalytic assays.

VariantsNucleotide ChangesAmino Acid ChangesNicotine C-OxidationCoumarin 7-Hydroxylation
KmVmaxCLint (Vmax/Km)KmVmaxCLint (Vmax/Km)
μMpmol/min per pmol CYP2A6nl/min per pmol CYP2A6 
(% of wild-type)μMpmol/min 
per pmol CYP2A6μl/min per pmol CYP2A6 (% of wild-type)
CYP2A6*133.3 ± 5.445.91 ± 1.26176 ± 11.21.94 ± 0.065.89 ± 0.343.04 ± 0.08
CYP2A6*2a,c1799T>ALeu160HisN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
CYP2A6*5a,c6582G>TGly479ValN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
CYP2A6*6a,c1703G>AArg128GlnN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
CYP2A6*76558T>CIle471Thr267 ± 59.92.36 ± 0.419.14 ± 2.44* (5%)4.55 ± 1.943.33 ± 0.620.80 ± 0.17* (26%)
CYP2A6*86600G>TArg485Leu103 ± 16.32.10 ± 0.2420.6 ± 2.44* (12%)3.13 ± 0.302.22 ± 0.16*0.71 ± 0.06*** (23%)
CYP2A6*10b,d6558T>CIle471ThrN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
6600G>TArg485Leu
CYP2A6*113391T>CSer224Pro142 ± 31.34.31 ± 0.3431.6 ± 5.88* (18%)3.30 ± 0.372.57 ± 0.03*0.79 ± 0.09*** (26%)
CYP2A6*1313G>AGly5Arg30.8 ± 0.803.94 ± 0.20128 ± 5.36 (73%)1.37 ± 0.03*2.61 ± 0.191.90 ± 0.17 (63%)
CYP2A6*1486G>ASer29Asn28.8 ± 0.657.01 ± 0.12243 ± 5.67 (138%)1.77 ± 0.158.02 ± 0.434.53 ± 0.16* (149%)
CYP2A6*152134A>GLys194Glu23.4 ± 0.749.03 ± 0.09385 ± 8.46*** (219%)1.27 ± 0.03*9.10 ± 0.31*7.17 ± 0.28* (236%)
CYP2A6*1621611C>AArg203Ser39.0 ± 2.524.58 ± 0.26118 ± 3.60 (67%)1.93 ± 0.154.72 ± 0.142.46 ± 0.21 (81%)
CYP2A6*175065G>AVal365Met25.9 ± 6.161.70 ± 0.2168.3 ± 12.2* (39%)1.72 ± 0.032.76 ± 0.08*1.60 ± 0.02** (53%)
CYP2A6*185668A>TTyr392Phe82.1 ± 7.427.94 ± 0.6397.1 ± 6.86 (55%)2.77 ± 0.188.03 ± 0.432.90 ± 0.05 (95%)
CYP2A6*195668A>TTyr392Phe405 ± 1182.29 ± 0.465.80 ± 0.53* (3%)4.75 ± 0.14***2.18 ± 0.08*0.46 ± 0.01*** (15%)
6558T>CIle471Thr
CYP2A6*216573A>GLys476Arg40.3 ± 3.696.15 ± 0.33153 ± 9.35 (87%)2.34 ± 0.296.20 ± 0.352.67 ± 0.20 (88%)
CYP2A6*221794C>GAsp158Glu53.8 ± 1.706.26 ± 0.36116 ± 6.49 (66%)2.40 ± 0.105.28 ± 0.202.20 ± 0.06* (72%)
1798C>ALeu160Ile
CYP2A6*232161C>TArg203Cys41.1 ± 3.503.73 ± 0.3291.1 ± 8.08* (52%)1.88 ± 0.044.86 ± 0.172.59 ± 0.04 (85%)
CYP2A6*24594G>AVal110Leu52.4 ± 8.564.79 ± 0.3093.4 ± 12.1 (53%)2.22 ± 0.183.23 ± 0.111.46 ± 0.07*** (48%)
6458A>TAsn438Tyr
CYP2A6*25d1672T>CPhe118Leu59.9 ± 5.941.67 ± 0.0928.0 ± 2.48* (16%)N.D.N.D.N.D.
CYP2A6*26a,c1672T>CPhe118LeuN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
1703G>TArg128Leu
1711T>GSer131Ala
CYP2A6*285745A>GAsn418Asp35.0 ± 4.196.30 ± 0.73181 ± 14.7 (103%)1.43 ± 0.125.05 ± 0.253.55 ± 0.23 (117%)
5750G>CGlu419Asp
CYP2A6*3116A>CMet6Leu35.4 ± 6.156.30 ± 0.30184 ± 36.3 (105%)1.61 ± 0.075.64 ± 0.133.50 ± 0.12 (115%)
CYP2A6*356458A>TAsn438Tyr75.7 ± 14.93.98 ± 0.5153.5 ± 5.31* (30%)2.50 ± 0.284.63 ± 0.351.86 ± 0.08*** (61%)
CYP2A6*36b,d6458A>TAsn438TyrN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
6558T>CIle471Thr
CYP2A6*37b,c6458A>TAsn438TyrN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
6558T>CIle471Thr
6600G>TArg485Leu
CYP2A6*385023T>CTyr351His108 ± 9.63*2.37 ± 0.1222.2 ± 2.84* (13%)1.51 ± 0.082.07 ± 0.02*1.37 ± 0.07*** (45%)
CYP2A6*39468G>AVal68Met93.7 ± 20.41.91 ± 0.0321.4 ± 4.72* (12%)1.50 ± 0.201.85 ± 0.02*1.26 ± 0.16* (41%)
CYP2A6*401767C>GIle149Met168 ± 72.01.97 ± 0.3113.0 ± 2.93* (7%)1.34 ± 0.08*1.33 ± 0.08*0.99 ± 0.01** (33%)
CYP2A6*413515G>AArg265Gln263 ± 82.32.15 ± 0.438.43 ± 0.95* (5%)2.32 ± 0.231.26 ± 0.04*0.54 ± 0.04*** (18%)
CYP2A6*423524T>CIle268Thr450 ± 72.92.72 ± 0.376.07 ± 0.24* (3%)3.25 ± 0.440.63 ± 0.02*0.20 ± 0.02*** (6%)
CYP2A6*434406C>TThr303Ile1049 ± 6834.76 ± 2.005.33 ± 1.28* (3%)8.55 ± 1.471.34 ± 0.09*0.16 ± 0.02*** (5%)
CYP2A6*44d5661G>AGlu390Lys1097 ± 2842.39 ± 0.432.22 ± 0.16* (1%)N.D.N.D.N.D.
5745A>GAsn418Asp
5750G>CGlu419Asp
CYP2A6*456531C>TLeu462Pro55.1 ± 11.31.19 ± 0.1222.0 ± 2.24* (13%)1.65 ± 0.161.07 ± 0.02*0.65 ± 0.05*** (21%)
  • N.D., Not determined.

  • * P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.005 compared with CYP2A6.1.

  • a The kinetic parameters for nicotine C-oxidation of CYP2A6.2, CYP2A6.5, CYP2A6.6, and CYP2A6.26 could not be determined because the enzymatic activity of P450 was not detected at the highest substrate concentration (1000 μas not detec

  • b The kinetic parameters for nicotine C-oxidation of CYP2A6.10, CYP2A6.36, and CYP2A6.37 could not be determined because the amount of product, cotinine, produced by these variants was below the quantification limit at low substrate concentrations.

  • c The kinetic parameters of CYP2A6.2, CYP2A6.5, CYP2A6.6, CYP2A6.26, and CYP2A6.37 could not be determined because the enzymatic activity of P450 was not detected at the highest substrate concentration (25 μas not detec

  • d The kinetic parameters for nicotine C-oxidation of CYP2A6.10, CYP2A6.25, CYP2A6.36, and CYP2A6.44 could not be determined because the amount of product, 7-hydroxycoumarin, produced by these variants was below the quantification limit at low substrate concentrations.