Abstract
The metabolic fate and toxicokinetics of organic phosphorus flame retardants catalyzed by cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs) are here investigated by in silico simulations, leveraging an active center model to mimic the CYPs, triphenyl phosphate (TPHP), tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate and tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate as substrates. Our calculations elucidated key main pathways and predicted products, which were corroborated by current in vitro data. Results showed that alkyl OPFRs are eliminated faster than aryl and halogenated alkyl-substituted OPFRs. In addition, we discovered a proton shuttle pathway for aryl hydroxylation of TPHP and P = O bond-assisted H-transfer mechanisms (rather than nonenzymatic hydrolysis) that lead to O-dealkylation/dearylation of phosphotriesters.
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