Abstract
A computational method is presented from which one may calculate the pK for the pH-induced spectral changes of the 430 and 455 nm chromophores of ethyl isocyanide complexes of rat liver microsomal cytochrome P-450. For the rat liver heme protein from control and phenobarbital- or 3-methylcholanthrene-treated animals, the pK for the loss of the 430 nm absorption is equal to the pK for the gain of the 455 nm absorption, establishing that the two chromophores are in pH equilibrium with one another in all three preparations. This equilibrium is maintained even when the change in pH occurs after the addition of ethyl isocyanide. It is concluded that the appearance of 430 nm absorption after the addition of ethyl isocyanide to reduced cytochrome P-450 does not necessarily represent conversion of this cytochrome to cytochrome P-420.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors wish to acknowledge the technical assistance of Miss Viola Abbott.
- Copyright ©, 1975, by Academic Press, Inc.
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