Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
Probing of the active site of microsomal cytochrome P-450 was carried out with a spin label derived from 2-methyl-1,2-bis(3-pyridyl)-1-propanone (metyrapone). Its optical binding spectra to cytochrome P-450 resemble the spectra with metyrapone. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of the spin label in microsomes indicates binding with strong immobilization. Since the apparent optical and EPR binding constants agree very well (Ks approximately 2-10(-5) M), and metyrapone is found to displace the spin label, we conclude, that the spin label binds to the active site of cytochrome P-450. Addition of detergents or an increase in temperature mobilizes the bound spin label slightly. The EPR signal accounts for only 60% of the bound spin label due to its dipolar interaction with the low-spin ferric heme of cytochrome P-450. From this finding, the distance between nitroxide and iron is evaluated to be 11 A. This supports the model that one of the pyridine nitrogens of metyrapone is coordinated to the iron of cytochrome P-450. The bound spin label shows virtually no interaction with ferricyanide as if the active site of cytochrome P-450 is a hydrophobic pocket not accessible to ions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
139-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Binding of a metyrapone spin label to microsomal cytochrome P-450.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article