J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 255, Issue 1, 304-309, 01, 1980

Isolation and characterization of a constitutive form of rabbit liver microsomal cytochrome P-450

EF Johnson

A heretofore unrecognized form of cytochrome P-450 was purified from rabbit liver microsomes with an average yield and purity similar to that of other highly purified forms of cytochrome P-450. Several properties of this cytochrome are contrasted with those of form 2, the major phenobarbital-inducible cytochrome P-450, form 4, the major 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-inducible cytochrome, and form 6, a cytochrome that is selectively induced in liver microsomes by 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin during the perinatal period. Thes four forms can be distinguished by virtue of their molecular weights as determined using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate, by their respective peptide fingerprints, and by the monospecificity of their antisera. Since the enumerated properties are thought to reflect the primary structure of the cytochromes and since the observed differences are extensive, we suggest that these four forms are not derived from a common protein precursor.
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