title: Purification of NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase from microsomal fraction of rat testes, and its chemical modification by tetranitromethane.
abstract: NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase in rat testicular microsomal fraction was solubilized by trypsin, and purified to apparent homogeneity in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be about 70,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Km values were estimated as 18 microM for cytochrome c, 17 microM for dichlorophenol indophenol (DCPIP), 50 microM for K3Fe (CN)6 and 1.7 microM for NADPH. The cytochrome c reducing activity of the purified preparation was decreased by tetranitromethane (TNM), a reagent for nitration of tyrosine residues in a protein. The inactivation exhibited pseudo-first-order kinetics. A plot of log kapp vs log [TNM] gave a straight line with slope = 1.05, indicating the reaction of one modifier molecule in the inactivation process. The decrease of the reducing activities for DCPIP and K3Fe(CN)6 by TNM progressed more slowly than that for cytochrome c. The inactivation of cytochrome c reduction was protected completely by 0.1 mM NADP(H) and partially by 0.1 mM DCPIP and cytochrome c. No preventive change of the inactivation by TNM was observed by addition of NAD+ or testosterone. On the other hand, the differential modification by DTNB, TNM and DTT indicated that there were amino acid residues modified by TNM, such as tyrosine residues, at or near the active-site of the NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051381:Rats; D013737:Testis / Q000201:enzymology*; D013774:Tetranitromethane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D014443:Tyrosine; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D013774:Tetranitromethane; D008697:Methane; D004229:Dithiothreitol