title: Functional reconstitution of rat liver cytochrome P-450 with mesohemin.
abstract: After allylisopropylacetamide-mediated "suicide" destruction of their prosthetic heme moieties, certain rat liver cytochrome P-450 isozymes can be effectively reconstituted by addition of exogenous hemin in vitro. We now report that two of these isozymes will equally accept mesohemin , a 2,4-diethyl heme-analog and result in a "meso-hemoprotein" with altered spectral but not functional characteristics.
mesh_terms: D000502:Allylisopropylacetamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D003640:Dealkylation; D006420:Hemeproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D006420:Hemeproteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000502:Allylisopropylacetamide; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases