Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of the High- and Low-Spin Forms of Cytochrome P-450 in Liver and in Liver Microsomes from a Methylcholanthrene-Treated Rabbit*
AUTOR(ES)
Peisach, J.
RESUMO
The high- and low-spin forms of cytochrome P-450 were observed by electron paramagnetic resonance (epr) in a liver slice and in hepatic microsomes from a rabbit injected with methylcholanthrene. Quantitation of the epr absorption of these two chemical species and comparison with a preparation from a control rabbit showed that the single injection of drug increased the concentration of cytochrome P-450 to more than ten times its control value. Analysis of the epr spectrum for the high-spin compound showed that it is the most rhombically distorted ferric heme iron site yet observed (E/D = 0.10). It is suggested that microsomal cytochrome P-450 can exist in two interconvertible forms, in which the heme iron can either be high-spin or low-spin, depending upon the nature of the nonporphyrin ligands of the metal. There seems to be no need to postulate the existence of two different cytochrome P-450 proteins.
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