title: Purification and properties of cytochrome P-450 from homogenates of human fetal livers.
abstract: A form of cytochrome P-450, namely P-450HFLa of human fetal livers, was purified to a specific content of 12.6 nmol/mg protein. The cytochrome P-450 preparation was electrophoretically homogeneous and had an apparent monomeric molecular weight of 51,000 as judged by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The cytochrome showed catalytic activities as oxidations of N-methylaniline, ethylmorphine, N,N-dimethylaniline, N,N-dimethylnitrosamine, benzphetamine, aminopyrine, aniline, p-nitroanisole, and 7-ethoxycoumarin to various extents. In fetal liver homogenate, the amount of cytochrome P-450 that reacted with the antiserum to P-450HFLa accounted for more than 36% of the total cytochrome P-450 in three different fetal livers. On the other hand, the amount of P-450HFLa was less than 5% of the total cytochrome P-450 in adult liver microsomes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000196:embryology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases